VP of the National Border Patrol Council Art Del Cueto and former acting ICE Director Tom Homan on Mayorkas’ failure to address the border crisis
The order is being challenged in this instance by a coalition of left-wing groups, who are arguing that the order unlawfully restricts the right to seek asylum in the U.S. and that it is similar to a Trump-era transit ban that was struck down years ago. The Biden administration has rejected that comparison, noting the existence of expanded lawful migration pathways and the ability to rebut the"presumption of ineligibility" in certain circumstances.
Immigrants wait to be transported and processed by U.S. Border Patrol officers at the U.S.-Mexico border on May 12, 2023 in El Paso, Texas.