only when the average holds at 1,500 over a seven day period. it will then re open to migrants two weeks after that. the executive action also includes the use of a 1952 law allowing a us president to suspend the entry of foreigners if their arrival is detrimental to the interests of the country. speaking earlier, president biden blamed republicans in congress for refusing to address the situation at the us mexico border. so today, i m moving past republican obstruction and using the executive authorities available to 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 the kind of system we have now that s broken fixed to hire more border patrol agents, more asylum officers, morejudges but republicans have left me no choice. president biden is referring there to measures that were reflected in a bipartisan bill that he support
only when the average holds at 1,500 over a seven day period. it will then re open to migrants two weeks after that. the executive action also includes the use of a 1952 law allowing a us president to suspend the entry of foreigners if their arrival is detrimental to the interests of the country. speaking earlier, president biden blamed republicans in congress for refusing to address the situation at the us mexico border. so today, i m moving past republican obstruction and using the executive authorities available to 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 the kind of system we have now that s broken fixed to hire more border patrol agents, more asylum officers, morejudges but republicans have left me no choice. biden is referring there to measures that were reflected in a bipartisan bill that he supported back in
a seven day period. it will then re open to migrants two weeks after that. the executive action also includes the use of a 1952 law allowing a us president to suspend the entry of foreigners if their arrival is detrimental to the interests of the country. speaking earlier, president biden blamed republicans in congress for refusing to address the situation at the us mexico border. so today, i m moving past republican obstruction and using the executive authorities available to 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 the kind of system we have now that s broken fixed to hire more border patrol agents, more asylum officers, morejudges but republicans have left me no choice. president biden is referring there to measures that were reflected in a bipartisan bill that he supported back in may. but the legislation failed
to apprehend between 110 120,000 migrants in may down from nearly a quarter of a million in december of 2023. and, while we heard there from senator cruz, the republican opposition to the action, there s also been opposition to president biden s action from his own party including from democrat pramila jayapal, whom i spoke to a short while ago. i m profoundly disappointed, i don t think this is the right action to take for several reasons. first, seeking asylum is something that we have to allow in order to be in line with our domestic laws, but also in order to be in line with our international treaty obligations. and what the president s executive order does today is it caps asylum, it limits it only to people who come through the cpp one app,
from nearly a quarter of a million in december of 2023. and, while we heard there the republican opposition from senator cruz to the action, there s also been opposition to president biden s action from his own party including from democratic congresswoman from washington, pramila jayapal, whom i spoke to a short while ago. i m profoundly disappointed, i don t think this is the right action to take for several reasons. first, seeking asylum is something that we have to allow in order to be in line with our domestic laws, but also in order to be in line with our international treaty obligations. and what the president s executive order does today is it caps asylum, it limits it only to people who come through the cbp i app, or at the ports of entry