A criticism is that if he could have shut it down through executive order, why wait for that border bill? He said that a bill signed into law is more viable, so it was more as a last resort effort.
Also after title 42 ended, you had republicans clamoring for a standalone border bill, a border bill included in a Ukraine/Isreal package, then no border bill but OK we'll pass funds to Ukraine/Isreal. Such an embarrassing House.
It would be nice to finally get some work done in a Harris/Walz congress, and from the looks of things she may win on policy, not just on the anti-trump vote.