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Biden administration to bolster cap on asylum-seekers at southern border

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A June order restricted asylum-seeking entries to a quota of just 2,500 crossings per day and closed the border altogether after certain thresholds were reached.

The new order will extend those restrictive quotas indefinitely.

The Biden administration could announce the extension of the policy as early as Monday , CBS News reports.