Biden plans to soon issue an executive order to dramatically limit the number of asylum-seekers who can cross the southern border

Biden plans to soon issue an executive order to dramatically limit the number of asylum-seekers who can cross the southern border

Under Biden's leadership, the U.S. has experienced all-time-high levels of illegal immigration crossing into the country by way of the southern border with Mexico. 

Currently, the White House is exploring whether the president can restrict immigrants claiming asylum at the southern border without first gaining congressional approval.

'We're examining whether or not I have that power,' Biden told Univision's Enrique Acevedo in an interview taped last week that aired on Tuesday.

'Some are suggesting that I should just go ahead and try it,' the president said when speaking with the Spanish-language broadcaster. 'And if I get shut down by the court, I get shut down by the court.' 

Hundreds of thousands of migrants cross every month at the southern border and states bordering Mexico are struggling to address the crisis without federal-level action.

Indicative of how big the southern border issues is to Americans – and specifically Republicans – the House passed impeachment articles against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and they are going to the Senate on Wednesday, where the Biden official will likely be acquitted.

The Biden administration has implemented programs that allow other ways for migrants to gain access into the country without documentation or legal status other than through just the southern border.