"THIS ACTION WILL HELP US TO GAIN CONTROL OF OUR BORDERS, RESTORE ORDER AND TO THE PROCESS. THIS BAN WILL REMAIN IN PLACE UNTIL THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE TRYING TO ENTER ILLEGALLY IS REDUCED TO A LEVEL THAT OUR SYSTEM CAN EFFECTIVELY MANAGE." PRESIDENT BIDEN TAKING STEPS TODAY TO ADDRESS THE HISTORIC NUMBER OF MIGRANTS MAKING THEIR WAY INTO THE COUNTRY IT SIGNALS A MAJOR SHIFT IN POLICY FROM THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION AND IT COMES JUST FIVE MONTHS FROM THE NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION... THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING KTSM NINE NEWS AT SIX, I'M ANDY MORGAN. AND, I'M MONICA CORTEZ. EFFECTIVE TODAY, PRESIDENT BIDEN SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT WILL TEMPORARILY SHUT DOWN THE BORDER TO MIGRANTS WHO CROSS THE SOUTHERN BORDER ILLEGALLY WHEN DAILY ENCOUNTERS REACH 2,500... KTSM NINE NEWS REPORTER ORIANA BOTTARO JOINS US LIVE FROM THE U.S. MEXICO BORDER... ORIANA, YOU HAVE BEEN SPEAKING TO BOTH DEMOCRATS ANDY, THE DIVIDE BETWEEN REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS IS STILL WIDE. REPUBLICANS SAY THIS IS ALL A POLITICAL STUNT AND SOME DEMOCRATS SAY THIS IS A GOOD START. BUT THE SURPRISING TURN IS THAT DEMOCRATS ARE IN DISAGREEMENT WITH SOME CALLING BIDEN'S ACTIONS DISAPPOINTING. <━5 > <3━35 > <5━1:05 > "THE LIMIT WAS HIT ABOUT THREE AND A HALF YEARS AGO, AND HE IGNORED THAT. THIS IS A POLITICAL MOVE ON HIS PART AND IT'S TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE. IT'S A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. BUT THE DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE" EL PASO COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY CHAIRMAN ADOLPHO TELLES SAYS THE ACTION TO CHANGE IMMIGRATION POLICY IS A HAIL MARY MOVE TO MAKE PRESIDENT BIDEN LOOK TOUGH ON THE BORDER. HIS STATEMENTS ALIGNING WITH MANY INCLUDING ━ S SENATOR TED CRUZ, AND OTHERS. " IM GOING TO MAKE A PREDICTION IN THE NEXT 5 MON THS WE WILL SEE A PREDICTION IN ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION, WHY BECAUSE JOE BIDEN CONTROLS THIS. DEMOCRATS WANT THIS INVASION SO THE NEXT 5 VMONTHS YOU WILL SEE THE NUMBERS GO DOWN SLIGHLTY, SO THEY CAN SAY SEE WE SOLVED THE PROBLEM" BUT THE BIG HEADLINES IS NOT AMONG THE GOP. THE DEMOCRATS REMAIN SPLIT ABOUT THE LATEST EXECUTIVE ORDER BY PRESIDENT BIDEN. MAYOR OSCAR LEESER WAS AT THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY AND SAYS THIS IS A MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. "IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER AND FIND WAYS AND AVENUES TO BE ABLE TO HELP THE ASYLUM SEEKERS TO MOVE FORWARD. THIS REALLY PUTS PEOPLE IN ORDER. ONE THING THAT WE WERE TALKING, WHAT IS THIS REALLY DOING THAT'S KEEPING PEOPLE FROM DYING IN THE DESERT, KEPT PEOPLE FROM JUMPING OVER THE WALLS AND FALLING." BUT LAWMAKERS LIKE ━S REPRESENTATIVE HOMELAND SECURITY OFFICIALS SAY THERE ARE MORE THAN 4,000 MIGRANT ENCOUNTERS AT THE BORDER EVERY DAY, SUGGESTING A SHUTDOWN COULD GO INTO EFFECT IMMEDIATELY. IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE BORDER WOULD REOPEN TO ASYLUM SEEKERS IF DAILY MIGRANT ENCOUNTERS DROPPED BELOW 1,500. THE EXECUTIVE ORDER DOES EXEMPT MIGRANTS ARRIVING THROUGH THE CBP ONE APP, AND VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING OR UNACCOMPANIED MINORS.
