The Trump administration implemented Title 42 early in the pandemic to thwart the spread of COVID-19 at the southern border by illegal crossers.
As we’ve noted previously, the concensus is that ending Title 42 will make the border crisis far worse. So naturally, Biden is planning to do it.
Some Democrats running in 2022, who realize Biden is hanging a political anchor around their necks, are objecting.
Sophie Mann reports at Just the News:
Liberal 2022 candidates come out against Biden’s repeal of Title 42, slam admin for ‘lack of a plan’Democrats candidates in the midterm elections are joining in the criticism that the Biden administration doesn’t have a OK plan to end enforcement of the federal law known as Title 42, used during the pandemic to migrants and COVID-19 out of the U.S.Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke hit at the administration for what he considers failing to come up with a plan for border communities to deal with the expected surge in immigration by ending Title 42 enforcement.”It does not make sense to end this until there is a real plan and the capacity in place to handle those and address those that come over, he told the Texas Tribune on Tuesday. “We have yet to hear a plan from the Biden administration to address the dynamic we will have on the border once Title 42 ends.”…Elsewhere in the country, other Democratic hopefuls are also wondering whether the administration will announce a detailed plan before ending Title 42.”There’s not a detailed plan in place so that we can keep asylum seekers and people in the country safe,” Mandela Barnes, a Democratic Senate candidate in Wisconsin, told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “I’d like to see Biden put forward a comprehensive plan that deals with an influx of asylum seekers before we lift Title 42.”
At the same time, 21 states are now suing the Biden administration over this.
Ronn Blitzer reports at FOX News:
21 states now suing Biden admin’s Title 42 rollback, calling decision a ‘self-inflicted calamity’More states across the country are suing the Biden administration over the decision to rescind the Title 42 public health order, which allows swift removal of migrants due to the COVID-19 pandemic.A case was originally brought by Louisiana, Arizona and Missouri, but a new amended complaint filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court in the Western District of Louisiana adds 18 more states as plaintiffs.”The Biden Administration’s border policies are a disaster for our country and the safety of our citizens.” said Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody, whose state is one of the new additions to the case. Moody called President Biden’s decision to lift Title 42 a “reckless” one…”This suit challenges an imminent, man-made, self-inflicted calamity: the abrupt elimination of the only safety valve preventing this Administration’s disastrous border policies from devolving into unmitigated chaos and catastrophe,” the new complaint states…In addition to Florida, new states joining the lawsuit are Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming.
Last word goes to Ron DeSantis.
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