President Joe Biden officially announced new executive actions on immigration at the White House on Tuesday, saying Republicans “left me no choice.”
“I’m moving past Republican obstruction and usually the executive authorities available me as president to do what I can on my own to address the border,” Biden said.
He criticized lawmakers for failing to advance a bipartisan border deal, saying he would rather address the issue in a bipartisan manner.
“I’ve come here today to do what the Republicans in Congress refused to do,” Biden said.
A bipartisan proposal failed in the Senate for the second time at the end of last month. Republicans have largely dismissed the vote as a political move for vulnerable Democrats to seek political cover over a major issue in the run-up to the November elections.
