President Biden is urging the House to pass the bipartisan border deal negotiated in the Senate, which aims to address the ongoing border crisis. The president contends that the reforms included in the bill would grant him new emergency authority to shut down the border when overcrowding occurs, a measure he claims he would employ if necessary. However, House Speaker Mike Johnson has expressed doubts about the bill's chances of success in the House, suggesting that it may be dead on arrival. The former President, Donald Trump, has also voiced his opposition to the bill, which can influence many Republicans, particularly in the House, to follow suit.
The Senate's proposed border plan contains several crucial components. It mandates the detention of all single adults caught crossing the border illegally and enforces a mandatory shutdown of the border once the average daily number of migrant encounters reaches 5,000. The border would only reopen once the daily encounters are reduced to less than 3,750. With these provisions, it is estimated that approximately 150,000 migrants per month, totaling 1.8 million per year, would be entering the country—equivalent to the population of Phoenix.
