After weeks of closed-door negotiations, the White House and a trio of senators could unveil an agreement as early as this week, sources said.
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"The agreement is expected to give the executive branch a new legal authority to effectively suspend asylum in between official ports of entry when migrant crossings surpass certain thresholds. That would affect remote areas in Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas where migrants regularly cross into the U.S. illegally to surrender themselves to overtaxed federal immigration officials who often release them because they don't have the resources to screen everyone for asylum.
The power, which Mr. Biden referred to as an authority to "shut down the border" on Friday, would be mandated after average daily migrant crossings hit 5,000 over seven days, or 8,500 in a single day. It could also be activated on a discretionary basis after average daily crossings surpass 4,000 in a week. There would also be a limit on the number of days each year the president could invoke the authority. "
It is an improvement over the current situation, but then again, the situation is far worse than I think anyone would have anticipated. The argument I'm making is that the asylum claims should be stopped completely with no minimum legally allowed. We've already let in about 8 million illegals over the last few months, so that should be more than enough let in for quite some time.