After border disaster, can Biden pull off 'pivot' on immigration?

Published: March 9, 2023, 9:06 p.m.

More than two years ago, during the transition when he was president-elect, Joe Biden mused what might happen if he mishandled immigration policy. If he got it wrong, Biden said, if he too quickly opened up access to the United States after former President Donald Trump's more restrictive policies, we could "end up with 2 million people on our border." That would be a catastrophe.