Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, is urging Washington to pay attention to the realities at the border as the Biden administration prepares to rescind the Title 42 public health order that permits for accelerated deportation of migrants due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Cuellar, whose district contains a portion of the southern border, is one of several Democrats who oppose President Biden's decision, warning that it might have major consequences on Fox News Sunday.
Cuellar Urges Biden Administration To Extend Title 42
Cuellar said he recently spoke with residents living near the border who were anxious about the lifting of Title 42. The congressman defended his constituents' fears by claiming that eliminating Title 42 would send a clear message to criminal groups. Rep. Henry Cuellar had previously stated in the interview that 60% of Border Patrol personnel were stationed in border processing facilities rather than in the field at the border, according to Fox News.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which has the power to activate Title 42, confirmed earlier this month that the program will be phased down on May 23. The public health policy authorizes immigration authorities to deport individuals who enter the country illegally without having their asylum requests heard.
If a person crosses the border and expresses fear of returning to their home country, the long asylum procedure begins immediately under Title 8 of the immigration code. The congress is considering bipartisan legislation to prevent the administration from terminating Title 42 before the White House lifts the public health emergency.
With 221, 303 interactions in March alone, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) set a new record for the number of apprehensions. This was a record-breaking amount, surpassing the previous high of 213,593 set in July 2021.
Sen. Ron Johnson Expresses Concern on Border Policies
There are growing concerns that the removal of Title 42 will coincide with the peak season for illegal immigration in the Spring and Summer months. CBP has captured almost 2.4 million migrants crossing the southern border since Biden assumed office in late January 2021.
According to some projections, after Title 42 is withdrawn next month, the current migrant crossing rate of 8,000 per day might increase to 18,000 per day. Moreover, other organizations claim that hundreds of thousands of migrants are already on the verge of crossing the border if the policy is no longer enforced, Daily Mail reported.
Meanwhile, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) accused President Biden of causing a calamity by opening the country's borders, alleging that the administration's immigration policies encourage human traffickers. Johnson chastised the Trump administration for preparing to repeal Title 42, a Trump-era program that allows for the mass deportation of almost 2 million people.
Republicans have decried the decision and launched a lawsuit in an attempt to compel the White House to leave the order in place, while some moderate Democrats believe the action would damage their party ahead of the November midterm elections.
Lifting Title 42, according to the CBP commissioner, will certainly increase interactions with immigrants along the southern border. Johnson believes that the vast majority of ordinary Americans want stringent border measures. In 2021, US border agents made a record 1.9 million arrests, as per New York Post.
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