President of the United States, Joe Bidenannounced Tuesday an executive order that would sharply limit the number of asylum applications at the border with Mexico, one of its tightening immigration measures and it will happen midway through the campaign for the general election next November.

This order will allow US authoritiesdeport those who do not meet strict asylum standards when the figure of 2,500 daily arrests at the border will be exceeded by an average of seven days, senior US officials told the press.

The order will come into force on Tuesday as the figure of 2,500 arrests has already been exceeded by an average of 4,200 arrests daily occurred in April, the latest official data available.

protocols for requesting asylum They will relax again once that number drops to a 14-day average of 1,500, which may be difficult to achieve since the last time the average number of arrests fell to 1,500 was in July 2020, at the height of the pandemic.

Those who arrive at the border after exceeding the 2,500 threshold will be held to “significantly higher standards” to qualify for asylum, officials detailed.

Specifically, migrants must demonstrate that there is a “reasonable likelihood” that they would be at risk of being subjected to torture or persecution if they returned to country of origin.

In any case, officials argued that the United States would comply with obligations under the U.N. convention against torture, which prohibits deporting someone to a country where they would be subject to torture.

However, if migrants cannot demonstrate that they are entitled to asylum according to this higher standard, they will deported in a matter of “hours” or “days”according to officials.