The president’s move comes after Congress failed to reach an agreement on legislative policies concerning the U.S.-Mexico border
President Joe Biden is expected to take executive actions Tuesday on immigration, a source familiar with the plan has confirmed to Scripps News.
Officials from border towns have been invited to attend Tuesday's event where President Biden will announce the measures. The mayors of Brownsville and Edinburg in Texas, and San Diego, California, are among those invited, local officials confirmed to Scripps News. In recent weeks, the Biden administration has made incremental border rule changes, including moving public safety evaluations for migrants seeking asylum to earlier in the approval process, and expanding eligibility for health coverage through the Affordable Care Act for DACA recipients. The administration was previously considering raising the standard for asylum claims and expanding lawful entry through parole programs.
Tension over the border reached an apex late last year as the number of encounters with migrants surpassed a record-breaking 300,000 in December, CBP data showed, though monthly encounters have since fallen substantially. Still, critics have warned the number could creep back up again absent new actions.
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