Biden considering executive action on border to deter illegal migration
RECOVERIES, GEORGE SOLIS LIVE IN PENNSYLVANIA, THANK YOU. >>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE BORDE NOW. ONE DAY AFTER SENATE REPUBLICANS BLOCKED A BORDER SECURITY BILL THERE IS WORD THAT THE WHITE HOUSE IS PREPARING FOR A PLAN B. TWO U.S. OFFICIALS TELL NOEB NEWS THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN MA TAKE EXECUTIVE ACTION TO ADDRESS
THE BORDER CRISIS INCLUDINGING EFFORTS TO STEM THE FLOW O MIGRANTS THE NUMBER HIT A HIGH IN DECEMBER WITH CUSTOMS AND BORDER PATROL REPORTING MORE THAN 10,000 CROSSINGS PER DAY HOMELAND SECURITY CORRESPONDEN JULIA AINSLEY IS JOINING US WITH MORE YOU ARE SO WELL SOURCED ON THI TOPIC. HOW MUCH OF AN IMPACT COULD AN
EXECUTIVE ACTION HAVE? IS THAT SORT OF AN ADMISSION THAT WE CAN'T SOLVE THIS PROBLEM WITHOUT LEGISLATIVE HELP >> THAT'S WHY THE WHITE HOUS SENT OUT THE STATEMENT ON OU REPORTING THAT THEY DID LAST NIGHT WHERE THEY ARE SAYIN THERE IS NOTHING THE WHITE HOUSE CAN DO THAT WILL GET ANYWHER
NEAR THE IMPACT OF THAT BORDER BILL THEY CONTINUE TO SAY THAT TH BILL SHOULD BE PASSED. BUT AS YOU POINTED OUT IN YOUR PREVIOUS REPORTING, THAT HAS BEEN STRIPPED FROM WHAT GO PASSED THROUGH THE SENATE. IT IS A QUESTION OF COULD IT B ADDED IN OR PASSED IN A NEW WAY.
WITHOUT NEW AUTHORITY, THEY AR TRYING TO PUT A BAND AID ON BIGGER PROBLEM BUT SOURCES I HAVE SPOKEN TO SAY THEY HAVE GOT TO DO SOMETHING. THE NUMBERS ARE EXPECTED TO GO UP AGAIN IN MARCH, GOING INTO AN ELECTION YEAR, THIS IS A REALL BIG ISSUE. SOME PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T CARE
WHOLE LOT ABOUT IMMIGRATION, NOW IT IS STARTING TO BE AN ISSU THEY CARE ABOUT. THE WHITE HOUSE WANTS TO ACT BUT IT PROBABLY WON'T GO AS FAR. >> YOU DESCRIBED SORT OF THE SYSTEM AND THE BACK AND FORT HERE I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THERE WAS A 2% DROP IN CROSSINGS SINCE THE
REPORT HIGH IN DECEMBER AND THIS JANUARY. HOW DO YOU SEE A DROP TO THATDRY DEGREE >> ONE OF THE REASONS IT WAS S HIGH IN DECEMBER IS MEXICO RAN OUT OF MONEY TO INTERDICT TH MIGRANTS COMING THROUGH. THEY WERE NOT STOPPING AS MANY AS THEY USUALLY COULD. THEN THEY GOT MORE FUNDING A
THE START OF THE YEAR. SO THEY ARE STEPPING IN. THE OTHER THING IS SEASONAL. IT USUALLY DROPS IN JANUARY AN GOES BACK UP I