Biden vows to shut down border when it ‘becomes overwhelmed’ if Congress passes bill
Posted on AllSides January 27th, 2024
From The Center
President Biden promised to shut down the border “when it becomes overwhelmed” if Congress passes a bipartisan border security bill.
“Let’s be clear,” Biden said in a statement Friday. “What’s been negotiated would — if passed into law — be the toughest and fairest set of reforms to secure the border we’ve ever had in our country. It would give me, as President, a new emergency authority to shut down the border when it becomes overwhelmed. And if given that authority, I would use it the day I sign the bill into...