ALABAMA -For several months already, the flow of migrants and asylum seekers trying to cross into the United States has been decreasing thanks in part to President Joe Biden's executive action at limiting the amount of asylum claims per day. As apprehensions at the southern border continue to drop, some U.S. officials say that due to the success of the measure, the administration is planning to issue a regulation that would make it far less likely for the set of rules to be lifted in the near future.
The rules stipulate that the crackdown on asylum-seeking will go into effect once the seven-day average of daily encounters surpasses 2,500, and it can be lifted once it drops below 1,500. Figures were much higher when the executive action was announced, meaning the ban began immediately. But as they continue to drop, standing between 1,600 and 1,700 a day, the possibility of lifting the ban is now a real possibility.
