Biden Administration in Talks with Congress on Border Policy Changes
• White House open to new border expulsion law, mandatory detention, and increased deportations in talks with Congress • Biden administration would support measure to expel migrants without asylum screenings, reviving Trump-era Title 42 policy • Administration willing to back nationwide expansion of expedited removal to deport migrants without court hearings • White House open to mandating detention of certain migrants allowed into country pending claims • Support for restrictive immigration changes angers advocates and progressive Democrats, who urge against permanent asylum limits