CNN
President Joe Biden is expected to announce a new immigration authority that will allow the administration to ban asylum seekers who cross the border illegally.
The move is an attempt to address one of Biden’s most urgent political problems in his reelection push. The announcement comes just weeks before the first debate between the president and his opponent, former President Donald Trump.
The action is a departure from decades-long protocol and would bar migrants who cross the border illegally from seeking asylum once a daily threshold is met. The measure could be turned on and off and would be lifted when there’s a daily average of fewer than 1,500 encounters between ports of entry.
Biden will hold a 2 p.m. ET event at the White House where he’s expected to address the news.
