Democrats agree Biden had to act on immigration – but they’re split over his asylum order

Some feel limiting US-Mexico border crossings will protect the country, while others say it violates American values'

Democratic mayors, governors and members of Congress from the south-west to the north-east stood beside Joe Biden at the White House, when he unveiled an executive order temporarily sealing the US-Mexico border to most asylum seekers - the most restrictive immigration policy of his presidency.

We must face a simple truth," the US president said. To protect America as a land that welcomes immigrants, we must first secure the border and secure it now."