Five Democratic House members on Wednesday called on President Biden to restore Trump-era immigration policies to “bring order to the southern border.”
In a joint statement, Rep. Marie Grusenkamp Perez (D-Washington), Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine), Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska), Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (D-Texas), Rep. Don Davis (D-North Carolina) called for the following in a joint statement: The 81-year-old president plans to use executive action to reimplement Title 42 and the so-called Remain in Mexico program.
Their plea comes after all five Democrats voted in favor of a border security bill introduced by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) on Saturday, but it lacks the two-thirds majority support needed for passage. This was done in response to the failure to obtain the
The rejection came on the same day the House passed a $95 billion spending bill for humanitarian aid in Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan, and Gaza.
“We strongly agree with the National Border Patrol Council that in addition to protecting our allies, Congress and the President must act to bring order to our southern border,” the members of Congress said. “That’s why we also voted for H.R. 3602 on Saturday, and why we all voted last month to give Border Patrol $19.6 billion to help them strengthen their border security efforts.”
“We also today call on President Biden to exercise the authority vested in the executive branch by Congress to immediately re-enforce 8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(2)(C), I also urge leaders in the House and Senate to pass legislation today that would restore deportation powers to the Border Patrol that expired last year,” he added, referring to the policy commonly known as Title 42 and Remain in Mexico. did.
Shortly after taking office in 2021, Biden phased out the Remain in Mexico Agreement, also known as the Migrant Protection Agreement.
The policy required asylum seekers to wait for U.S. immigration hearings in Mexico until their cases were processed.
Pandemic-era Title 42 policies ended last summer when the Biden administration declared an end to the public health emergency related to COVID-19, allowing law enforcement to expedite migrants apprehended after crossing the border. allowed him to be deported from the country.
National Border Protection Council President Brandon Judd this week accused the House of Representatives of approving billions of dollars in foreign aid without doing anything to combat the immigration crisis.
“We are deeply disappointed that the House of Representatives gave aid to protect foreign borders but did nothing to allow Border Patrol to keep America safe.” the head of the Border Patrol union told Fox News. “There’s nothing more backwards than that. We never expected the people’s tax dollars to come in. They could have given us the policy and that would have been enough.
Since Biden took office in 2021, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents have encountered more than 7 million migrants along the southern border, including 96 this year, according to CBP data. This includes 1,537 people.
