Last week, reports surfaced that the Biden-Harris Administration is considering changes to its border executive order and the regulation adopted to implement it.
The executive order, (technically a presidential proclamation) tightened the process for seeking asylum between the ports of entry, while leaving existing asylum procedures in place for illegal aliens who arrive at ports of entry. The order went into effect the moment it was signed and has been in effect ever since.
The changes being considered by the Biden-Harris Administration appear to be a political calculation to keep the border crisis at bay until it’s convenient to fully reopen the border. The first proposed change would extend the period asylum restrictions between the ports of entry are in place. Under the original rule, the government may only lift the asylum restrictions 14 days after the seven-day average of encounters between ports of entry drops below 1,500. The contemplated changes would only allow asylum restrictions to be lifted when the seven-day average of Border Patrol encounters stays below 1,500 for 28 days.
