More Than 70 Sheriffs Call on Congress to Keep Title 42: ‘We Simply Have No Border Left’; Sheriffs’ group urges Congress to keep Title 42 in place, warn thousands are heading to the border

More Than 70 Sheriffs Call on Congress to Keep Title 42: ‘We Simply Have No Border Left’:

A group of more than 70 sheriffs is urging Congress to take action to extend the Title 42 public health order, which has allowed border agents to immediately expel illegal border crossers but is slated for termination on May 23.

Lawmakers have warned the southern border will likely see a huge surge in illegal immigration when the order ends. The policy was first handed down under the Trump administration at the start of the pandemic.

“Title 42 is the only policy provision left since January 2022 that helps to stop the unhealthy (no COVID testing) border crossings by millions of illegal entrants to our country,” writes the group of sheriffs organized by the National Sheriff’s Association in a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) on Thursday.

The letter says the Biden administration’s efforts to undo Trump-era immigration policy, including ending the Remain in Mexico policy and construction on the border wall, mean that “we simply have no border left in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas or Southern California.”

“Today, there are thousands of immigrants in the jungles of the Darien gap headed to the US border. We simply don’t know their health status and implore you to keep Title 42 as the last policy we have to keep Americans safe from COVID and a host of other communicable diseases carried by these immigrants,” the group adds. —>READ MORE HERE

Sheriffs’ group urges Congress to keep Title 42 in place, warn thousands are heading to the border:

Over 70 sheriffs signed a letter to Mitch McConnell and Chuck Schumer calling on them to keep Title 42 in place

Over 70 sheriffs organized by the National Sheriffs’ Association are calling on lawmakers in Congress to act to keep the Title 42 public health order in place, warning that thousands of migrants are heading to the U.S. border — amid continued concerns of an even bigger surge when the order lifts in May.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced earlier this month that the order, which has been used to quickly expel migrants at the border due to the COVID-19 pandemic since March 2020, will end on May 23.

It has led to concerns from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle of a massive border surge that outpaces even the massive numbers currently being seen. There were more than 221,000 encounters in March, half of whom were expelled via Title 42. The Biden administration has itself said it is bracing for up to 18,000 migrants a day.

Now, in a letter to Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell and Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, the more than 70 sheriffs “call for the Congress to keep Title 42 and help save American lives.”

“Title 42 is the only policy provision left since 2022 that helps to stop the unhealthy (no COVID testing) border crossings by millions of illegal entrants to our country,” they write. —>READ MORE HERE

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