US President Joe Biden signs executive order drastically tightening US-Mexican border | DW News

US President Joe Biden has issued an executive order to block irregular migrants from claiming asylum at the US-Mexico border. The measure enables officers to quickly return people across the border or to their home countries as long as illegal crossings average at least 2,500 a day.
Now, migration is one of the thorniest issues this election year, and one where Mr Biden's Republican rival Donald Trump is seen as tougher.

The president's plan would shut the southern US border to irregular asylum seekers when the numbers of arrivals becomes too high for border guards to process. Crossings have risen considerably since Biden took office, peaking at 300,000 last December – but have fallen in recent months. In a recent poll, Americans said immigration was the most important problem facing the country.