Last week, President Biden announced one of the most restrictive immigration policies by a Democratic incumbent in decades, effectively barring migrants crossing the southern border from seeking asylum in the United States.Zolan Kanno-Youngs, a White House correspondent for The Times, explains the thinking behind the move.
From the New York Times, I'm Sabrina Tavernisi, and this is the daily.
Good afternoon.
I've come here today to do what Republicans in Congress refuse to do.
Last week, President Biden announced one of the most restrictive immigration policies by a democratic president in decades.
Today I'm announcing actions to bar migrants who cross our southern border unlawfully from.
Receiving asylum, showing just how much the politics of immigration in America have changed.
To protect America as a land that welcomes immigrants, we must first secure the border and secure it now.
Today, my colleague Zolan Kano youngs explains.
It's Tuesday, June 11.
Thank you very much.
Zolan.
We last talked in March, and at that point, Biden was threatening to take tough action on the border.
Crossings had been extraordinarily high.
And, you know, this had been a real political liability for Biden, but it wasn't clear what he would do or when he would do it.
Last week, we got the answer.
That's right.
So last week, President Biden took the most restrictive approach we've seen at the southwest border of any modern democratic president.
President Biden issued executive actions drastically changing migration policy at the southwest border.
So at 12:01 a.m.
wednesday, the president suspended asylum at the southwest border.