From the New York Times, I'm Sabrina Taverny Sea, and this is the Daily.

Good afternoon. I've come here today to do what the Republics and Congress

refuses to do. Last week President Biden announced one of the most restrictive immigration policies

by a Democratic president in decades.

Today I'm announcing actions to bar migrants who cross our southern border unlawfully from receiving asylum.

Showing just how much the politics of immigration in America have changed.

To protect America as a land that welcomes immigrants, we must first secure the

border and secure it now. Today, my colleague Zolan Cano Youngs explains.

It's Tuesday, June 11th.

Thank you very much. At that point, Biden was threatening to take tough action on the border.

Crossings had been extraordinarily high, and this had been a real political liability for

Biden.

But it wasn't clear what he would do or when he would do it.

Last week we got the answer.

That's right. So last week, President Biden took the most restrictive approach we've seen at the southwest border

of any modern Democratic president.

President Biden issued executive actions drastically changing migration policy at the southwest border.

So at 12.01 a.m. Wednesday, the President's suspended asylum at the southwest border.

Migrants crossing the border would no longer have the ability to seek asylum in the United States.

And this was a sea change.

For decades, the law has basically stated

that those that step on US soil

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