to tap into an authority that former president donald trump tried to use when he was president at something democrats decried and eventually it was struck down in the courts. but certainly this comes as biden in this trial trying to show he is doing more when it comes to border security at a time when republicans have tried to paint him as weak on the issue. okay. arlette saenz. thank you for the reporting from the white house thank you all for joining us this morning. i m alison camera radha, our next our of newsroom with wolf blitzer starts now you are in the cnn newsroom. i, wolf blitzer in washington. we re following the breaking news up on capitol hill right now, house republicans have been grilling the attorney general of the united states merrick garland. that s about to continue. merrick garland is being asked about supposedly spreading baseless let s conspiracy theories that have been going on. and the justice department is using alleged lawfare. this is what repub
mayors is the mayor of edgar horn southern california that may or issuing a statement saying in part quote, this is nothing but a sham and an insult to those of us dealing with the real consequences of his failed border policies now, the white house would argue that no executive action is going to fix all the ills on the us southern border. that what s required is action from congress that congress needs to act so that there can be comprehensive immigration reform. and so all of these issues can be tackled in a comprehensive way now one of the curious things is the timing of this announcement. why now? when you look at the number of migrant apprehensions of the us southern border, right now, they are craig extremely low. now we have these numbers for you. we re not in december of 2023 right now when there was a migrant surge on the us southern border when the admonition striation was surging resources to various parts of the border because of the number of border crossings