Congressmen ask Biden to extend Title 42 to apply immediate border expulsion

Congressmen from both parties asked the president of USA, Joe Bidenthe extension of the Title 42 expedited removal of migrants on the border beyond December 21 due to the fear of a massive migratory wave, which already experienced this Sunday the arrival in El Paso (Texas) of some 1,500 people seeking asylum in a single night.

“We have a crisis on our southern border,” Texas legislators John Cornyn, Tony González and Henry Cuéllar and West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin stated in their letter.

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“Never before in our nation’s history have we experienced this magnitude of illegal border crossings and we are concerned that your government has not provided sufficient support or resources to maintain border security.”the congressmen pointed out in their letter.

The Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Alejandro Mayorkas, visits this Tuesday the city of El Paso (Texas), where some 1,500 migrants turned themselves in between Sunday night and Monday to the US authorities. seeking asylum.

Migrants saturated the city’s services and shelters and many slept on the streets enduring the low temperatures.

Mass migration occurs one week after the foreseeable end of Title 42, established during the Donald Trump Administration (2017-2021) and under which more than 2.7 million expulsions of migrants have been carried out.

A federal judge ordered that the Government cease as of December 21 the use of the controversial health norm to which Trump resorted under the protection of the pandemic.

“We urge you to do everything within your power to extend Title 42 beyond the December 21 deadline and until Congress can act.” legislators added.

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Human rights groups, religious congregations and immigrant advocates have insisted for two years that the use of Title 42 is cruel, that it violates the right of migrants to a hearing on their asylum claims, and that it exposes those expelled to dangerous conditions in Mexico.

The lawmakers noted in their letter to Biden that they are “committed to passing bipartisan legislation that allows DHS to effectively enforce policies and programs to control the southern border, and that does not involve releasing large numbers of migrants while processes lasting months or years”.

Source: Elcomercio

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