Biden has asked Congress to approve immigration reform to close the border with Mexico.

President of America, Joe BidenEmphasized this Friday Republicans of Congress Bipartisan legislation should be passed Immigration Control It would give him “new emergency powers” to shut down border with Mexico “When it collapsed.”

By report, Biden The bill was approved as a result of two months of negotiations between Conservative legislators and officers of his government, “Very hard and fair reformsWe want to guarantee border security “as high as our country has ever seen it.”

“It would give me new emergency powers as president to close the border when it becomes too high. If I have that power, I will use it the day I sign the bill,” the president said.

BidenIt is desirable Re-election He insisted in November Republican Party He called for “taking the border crisis seriously” and passing the bipartisan bill, while also supporting the funding he requested to strengthen surveillance and prosecution. Immigrants.

Among the proposed measures Biden Recruiting is 1,300 agents of Border Patrol additional, 375 Judges immigration, 1,600 officers Asylum and more 100 machines to find out Fentanyl In border.

Biden's call came hours after House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican, warned that an immigration deal had no future in the lower house, where conservatives hold a narrow majority.

“From the day I became president, I have assured our Senate colleagues that the House will not pass any counter-proposal unless it truly addresses the problems created by the administration's (border) policies,” Johnson added.

The lawmaker reiterated that the solution to the border problem was included in the bill House Republicans Approved last year and making it harder to apply for asylum, construction of the wall resumes border with Mexico and revive Migrant Protection Protocol (MPP)This forces those trying to cross the border to await the outcome of their procedures in Mexican territory.

Oklahoma Senator James LankfordThe lead Republican negotiator on the border talks has repeatedly urged lawmakers to hold off on making a final decision on the bill until they receive the legal text.

US immigration officials made the arrest 302,034 immigrants And asylum seekers at the southwest border in December, the highest number in three years, according to data released this Friday. Customs and Border Control (CBP).

Data for December indicate an even higher increase twenty% This compares to November with nearly 242,500 immigrants in CBP custody.

Acting Commissioner of CBP Troy Miller, pledged in a statement that his agency will continue to use all available resources to guarantee border security. But they need support, he said US Congress Further sources must be approved.

The high flow of immigrants arriving at the nation's southwest border in the final months of 2023 forced CBP to change agents and suspend processing at several border port crossings in Texas, Arizona and California.

(With information from EFE and AFP)