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No, it did not.It allowed 7,000 illegal crossings daily and only after that happened ICE could respond. Plus they weren’t required to respond. Just authorized to respond.
The only ass getting kicked here is yours.
There’s no legislation or executive policy from the Biden administration that explicitly permits 7,000 illegal crossings per day before ICE can respond. However, I can help clarify where that number might be coming from and what the actual policy landscape looks like.
- In June 2024, President Biden issued an executive order allowing the government to temporarily suspend asylum processing if illegal crossings exceeded 2,500 per day over a seven-day average.
- This threshold was part of a broader effort to curb surges at the border, not to allow crossings. If crossings dropped below 1,500 per day, normal asylum processing would resume.
- The 7,000 figure may stem from border encounter statistics, not policy. For example, in September 2023, illegal crossings reportedly exceeded 260,000 for the month, which averages to over 8,000 per day—but that’s descriptive, not prescriptive.
- ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) has faced resource constraints due to high volumes of border encounters. Some ICE officers were reportedly redirected from interior enforcement to help process new arrivals.
- This shift doesn’t mean ICE is only allowed to act after a certain number of crossings—it reflects operational strain, not legal limits.