President Joe Biden has the power to secure the southern border and stop nearly 75% of migrants illegally entering the country, but “is not willing to do that,” Rep. Mark Alford, R-Mo., told Newsmax on Thursday.

“If we can get to a point where we allow up to 5,000 illegals a day into our nation before we start shutting it down, then we had the ability now to shut it down and that’s what the President needs to do,” Alford said on “Wake Up America.”

Alford was referring to Biden’s announcement in January that he could shut down the border when crossings go over 5,000 a day if Congress passed a bipartisan bill, which ultimately failed.

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