Democratic members of San Antonio’s congressional delegation joined immigrant-rights groups in railing against President Joe Biden’s Tuesday executive order, which places daily caps on asylum requests at official points of entry. Under political pressure to tighten immigration restrictions amid a surge in border crossings, Biden issued an order that temporarily halts asylum requests once the average number of daily encounters at official points of entry tops 2,500. Legal crossings would only resume after that daily number dwindles to 1,500.
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