"Joe Biden has said he would close the US-Mexico border “right now” if Congress handed him the power by passing a sweeping immigration bill.
Mr Biden’s plans, unveiled on Friday, would give the Department of Homeland Security the power to close the border if illegal crossings surpassed 4,000 in a day and order it to do so if the figure exceeded 5,000.
Only legal ports of entry, staffed by US customs and border protection, would remain open."
https://news.yahoo.com/joe-biden-says-shut-mexican-175005783.html
"WASHINGTON ― President Joe Biden vowed to take immediate action to "shut down" the U.S.-Mexico border if Congress approves a proposal under negotiation in the Senate as he urged lawmakers to pass a bipartisan bill "if they're serious about the border crisis."
Biden, in a statement released Friday night, said what's being negotiated in the Senate would be "the toughest and fairest set of reforms to secure the border we’ve ever had in our country."
He said the proposal would include new presidential authority to "shut down the border when it becomes overwhelmed.""
https://news.yahoo.com/president-biden-vows-shut-down-172051847.html