and sir keir starmer clash in their first tv debate of the general election campaign. hello, i m caitriona perry. you re very welcome. us presidentjoe biden has announced sweeping new measures aimed at deterring migrants from crossing into the united states from mexico. under the new actions, officials can quickly remove migrants who enter the us illegally without processing their asylum requests. the white house says that will happen once a daily threshold is met and the border is overwhelmed. in this case, overwhelmed means when the seven day average for daily crossings hits 2,500 triggering the restriction. that threshold of of 2,500 has already been passed this week meaning these policies will likely go into effect at midnight on tuesday. the us southern border will reopen to asylum seekers only when the average holds at 1,500 over
hello, i m caitriona perry. you re very welcome. us presidentjoe biden has announced sweeping new measures aimed at deterring migrants from crossing into the united states from mexico. under the new actions, officials can quickly remove migrants who enter the us illegally without processing their asylum requests. the white house says that will happen once a daily threshold is met and the border is overwhelmed. in this case, overwhelmed means when the seven day average for daily crossings hits 2,500 triggering the restriction. that threshold of of 2,500 has already been passed this week meaning these policies will likely go into effect at midnight on tuesday. the us southern border will reopen to asylum seekers only when the average holds at 1,500 over
in their first tv debate of the general election campaign. hello, i m caitriona perry. you re very welcome. us presidentjoe biden has announced sweeping new measures aimed at deterring migrants from crossing into the united states from mexico. under the new actions, officials can quickly remove migrants who enter the us illegally without processing their asylum requests. the white house says that will happen once a daily threshold is met and the border is overwhelmed. in this case, overwhelmed means when the seven day average for daily crossings hits 2,500 triggering the restriction. that threshold of of 2,500 has already been passed this week meaning these policies will likely go into effect at midnight on tuesday. the us southern border will reopen to asylum seekers
biden s new executive action meant to limit the number of asylum seekers at the southern border has now been in effect for ten hours. this new order temporarily shuts down asylum requests once the average number tops 2,500. border officials are averaging about 4,000 daily encounters. this election year moved by the president has divided members of his own party and is expected to face immediate court challenges. david noriega is joining us from san diego in one of the busiest border crossing areas. what are you seeing today compared to yesterday? reporter: ana, good morning. we are at a spot along the border between san diego and tijuana where border patrol brings igrants to wait until they re detained and processed. on a normal day you see between
executive order yesterday that will shut down asylum requests at the southern border when crossings spike. under the order, border officials will stop accepting requests when daily encounters reach an average of 2,500 migrants at legal points of entry. the shutdown will go into effect immediately, as department of homeland security officials say encounters have reached 4,000 migrants daily. the border will only reopen once the number falls to 1,500 migrants. joining us now is homeland security secretary, alejandro mayorkas. thank you very much for being on the show. obviously, this has had mixed reaction. even from democrats. but explain how this works. what happens as this executive order goes into effect, what happens to the excessive number of migrants trying to make it across over the border? mika, good morning and thank you for having me. the goal here is to reduce the number of people who come to the