Deep Dive (March 17): Biden Tells Migrants ‘Don’t Come Over’ Amid Rising Numbers of Illegal Crossings

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Senate Democrats are threatening to remove the filibuster. That would allow them to pass legislation without a single Republican vote. President Joe Biden says he supports changing it. The filibuster rule gives the minority party ability to block legislation. It takes a supermajority threshold, or 60 votes, to override. Without a supermajority, Democrats can’t pass any legislation without a single Republican vote.

President Biden told migrants from Central America not to come to the United States and cross over the border illegally. This comes as his administration continues to deny there is a crisis at the border. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said this year, the United States is on pace to encounter more illegal immigrants crossing the border than any year in the past two decades.

Tiffany Meier
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Tiffany Meier is a New York-based reporter and host of NTD's "China in Focus."
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