Democratic border negotiator doubts Biden EO will survive court challenge

A new executive order from President Biden will  shutdown asylum requests at the southern border if illegal crossings surpass 2,500 per day. According to the AP, which spoke with White House officials, the asylum claim process would be reopened once the average daily crossings between ports of entry drops to 1,500.  

But before the order was even signed, Democratic Senator Chris Murphy cast doubt on whether it would survive a court challenge. 

Sen. Chris Murphy, D-CT: “The courts are going to decide whether Biden has the power to do what he’s proposing to do. Today, I have been pretty doubtful from the beginning that the President has the legal authority to make the big changes at the border necessary to get the border under control. To me, the only thing that we are sure will fix the problem at the border is the bipartisan border bill.”

Murphy said he is still angry with Republicans for killing the bipartisan border deal that he negotiated with Senator James Lankford. That anger appears to be felt by multiple members of the Democratic party. 

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-NY: “Why did they kill it, at the behest of Donald Trump who said he wanted chaos at the border until after the election. Shame on our Republican friends. They say they want to protect the border, Donald Trump comes out with a very crass statement – let’s keep it in chaos so I might win the election and they go along, they do a 180 degree turn. That’s a disgrace. “

Republicans meanwhile still contend President Biden is responsible for the current state of the border by pausing border wall construction and ending the remain in Mexico policy. 

Sen. Roger Marshall, R-KS: This is too little, too late. 

Republicans say Joe Biden could have done something about this years ago, but waited until now to help his reelection. 

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-TX: He could have stopped this every single day of his presidency. When he signs this executive order the only question people should ask is – why didn’t you do this in 2021? 

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