Biden backs possible border deal, says 'toughest and fairest' reforms

If the border deal being negotiated in the U.S. Senate is passed into law, it would be the "toughest and fairest" set of reforms the United States has ever had to secure the border, President Joe Biden said on Friday.

"It would give me, as President, a new emergency authority to shut down the border when it becomes overwhelmed. And if given that authority, I would use it the day I sign the bill into law," Biden said in a statement.