to. take, effect in just hours at midnight today. i m moving past republican obstruction. usually the executive authorities hello me as president, to do what i can on my own to address the border frankly, i would have preferred to address this issue through bipartisan legislation because that s the only way to actually get to kind of system we have now this broken fixed now the measure would shut off asylum access to migrants who cross the southern border unlawfully once daily encounters hit threshold of 2,500. he would also allow authorities to turn away migrants to mexico or their order version country, on accompanied myre miners would be exempt. now, this is the same authority, former president donald trump tried to use while in office, president biden s announcement comes today, just weeks before his first debate with his republican rival today s move as president biden s most aggressive crackdown, yet on illegal immigration. it s an issue that has long been one of his
realm is the nation s top problem that ranks second. so a clear movement from 15th to second in terms of the nation s top problems, it s not much of a surprise, jessica, that president biden feels like he has to make a move on this right now and even more to that point, harry, who do americans trust? on the issue of immigration more yeah. so take a look at this question. again, the trend line here is so telling what biden or trump do a better job on border security slash immigration, you go back four years ago to june of 2020, joe biden held within the margin of error, but still a slight lead plus one point over donald trump on the issue of border security and immigration take a look now it may of 2024. look at this movement in donald trump s direction. now, he is trusted on the issue of border security and immigration versus joe biden by a 27 point margin. that is nearly a 30 point jump. there have been a lot of issues that have been moving in. the former president s direction dur