The Biden administration is considering forcing some migrant families who enter the country without authorization to remain near the border in Texas while awaiting asylum screening, effectively limiting their ability to travel within the U.S., three U.S. officials told The Times.

Administration officials have been considering the idea as a way to stem recent increases in the numbers of migrant families crossing the southern border, which reportedly reached an all-time high last month. Supporters of the remain-in-Texas idea, which has yet to be finalized, hope that it would help the administration advance its goals of quickly deporting families who fail initial asylum screenings and deterring other families from crossing in the first place.

[Well, well, well … looks like yet another admission that Trump had it right in the first place. — Ed

UPDATE: Thanks to our commenters, I see that I misread this. Biden wants to quarantine migrants on *this* side of the border. My apologies for the initial misinterpretation, and thanks to VIP member Jughead for the correction. And I agree with Jughead that this appears to be a back door effort to stop the buses from going to New York, DC, Los Angeles, etc. — Ed]