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President Biden’s continued mishandling of the immigration crisis at the southern border has turned several members of his own party into critics. Now that list even includes notable progressive Beto O’Rourke.
The Democratic gubernatorial candidate knocked the president this week for ending Title 42 — a Trump-era rule that allows border agents to turn away illegal immigrants over COVID-19 health concerns — without a plan to stem the massive tide of migrants seeking entry into the country.
“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,” O’Rourke told the Texas Tribune on Tuesday. “I have yet to hear a plan from the Biden administration to address the dynamic we will have on the border once Title 42 ends.”
The rebuke is somewhat surprising given that O’Rourke was a frequent critic of the federal government’s use of Title 42 during the Trump administration. However, political winds appear to have shifted on the issue, as illegal immigration continues to rock border communities.
The Biden administration announced it would end the emergency health order in May to a flurry of criticism. A Morning Consult survey found the move marked the administration’s most unpopular policy to date , topping a lengthy list.
Many — including current Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) — fear it’s all but inevitable that with Title 42 no longer at agents’ disposal, the number of migrants showing up at U.S.-Mexico border crossings will surge to even higher levels .
Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin (W.Va.), too, called the move a ” frightening decision ” that will surely lead to the worsening of an already unprecedented crisis. He was soon joined in disapproval by Arizona Democratic Sens. Mark Kelly and Kyrsten Sinema.
Sensing the changing sentiment, O’Rourke settled on […]
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