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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) gives the President of the United States broad authority to implement immigration restrictions by proclamation. The statute allows the President to suspend the entry of any aliens or of a class of aliens or place restrictions on the entry of a class of aliens temporarily if he or she determines that the entry of such aliens would be detrimental to the U.S. interest.[/quote]

+1 he could definitely be doing a lot more.

There is an argument to be made that due to court settlements, other laws, etc that tie the executive’s hands… but I don’t see anything mentioned in this proposed bill that would actually change those policies.

And like, I don’t get it? It says that they would “close down illegal entries if there is an average of 5,000 encounters per day over a 2 week span or if any one day hits 8,000 encounters…” but then it adds that “asylum appointments wouldn’t be restricted”

And how exactly does one “close down illegal entries”? Isn’t that essentially what should already be happening?… since you know… they’re not supposed to allow illegal entries?…

“The Department of Homeland Security would be required to[b] shut down illegal crossings[/b] if the daily average of encounters surpasses 5,000 migrants or if a one-day total surpasses 8,500. DHS would have the authority to shut the border down at 4,000 encounters per day, however, and Biden has signaled he would aggressively use that authority.

[b]Once the mandatory shutdown is enforced, it would take two weeks of starkly lower illegal crossings (about 2,000) to reopen the border to crossings other than asylum appointments at ports of entry. [/b] As a result of high illegal crossing numbers, the border shutdown could continue for weeks or months until the situation numbers go down.”

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/27/mike-johnson-biden-border-00138222

If “illegal crossings are shut down” why would there continue to be illegal crossings?

This bill, at least as explained by politico, (which has the most details of what is included than I have seen anywhere else) seems like it’s adding a bunch of stuff that doesn’t actually do or change anything?…especially if the president already has the authority to restrict entry of [i]any class[/i] of migrant if he deems it would be detrimental to U.S. interests to accept them.

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