Biden order to block most illegal immigrants when crossings surge, as election nears
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President Biden on Tuesday moved to shut down asylum applications at the southern border when crossings surpass a certain number, with just months to go before the election.
Adam Shaw is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital, primarily covering immigration and border security.
In the last 24 hours at the border, sources tell Fox there were 5,200 encounters, and it has averaged over 5,000 every day for the past week. There were 179,725 encounters at the southern border in April, compared to 211,992 in April 2023, and 189,357 in March. While those numbers are lower than highs seen in 2022 and 2023, they still remain high compared to pre-2021 numbers. He can be reached at adam.shaw2@fox.com or on Twitter.
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