Biden Says Trump Left Him ‘No Choice’ as He Moves to Seal Border

President Joe Biden said Republicans left him “no choice” but to act alone to head off a surge in border crossings this summer, his most significant action to address the migrant crisis that has threatened his reelection hopes.

Biden assailed Donald Trump, his general-election opponent, for sinking a bipartisan immigration deal, calling it “an extremely cynical political move.” And he cast his actions as necessary to bring “order” to a US asylum process straining under a record influx of migrants.

“Frankly, I would have preferred to address this issue through bipartisan legislation,” Biden said.

The president also urged Democratic ...