President Joe Biden’s critics on both sides of the aisle are skeptical that his plan to drive down illegal border crossings will succeed.
The White House unveiled the long-awaited policy Tuesday to block asylum access for migrants seeking to cross between official entry points along the US-Mexico border whenever it’s deemed overwhelmed. The effort is aimed at deterring record migrant apprehensions that have created political headaches for Biden ahead of the presidential election.
While some Democrats and moderates applauded Biden for taking action at the border amid a congressional impasse on immigration legislation, many GOP border hawks, immigrants’ rights advocates, ...