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US Republican senators have urged President Joe Biden to keep a Trump-era border policy that allows border agents to expel migrants, without even permitting them to claim asylum, after they crossed into the country from Mexico,
As the White House considers ending the restriction, known as Title 42, before the end of the month, a group of 46 GOP senators warned the president to keep the order in place.
Under the measure, most of the migrants are fingerprinted when they arrived at the border and then expelled into Mexico, without any opportunity to make their asylum claims.
Senator Ted Cruz said the measure has been ” an integral and extremely successful measure to protect America’s borders and our people during the COVID-19 pandemic.”
He warned the administration that reversing the policy would “encourage illegal immigration, and create an unprecedented crisis” along the southern border.
Senator Marsha Blackburn said, “Ending this order will have a dire impact on the crisis already engulfing our southwestern border we urge you in the strongest possible terms not to take this action.”
And senator Josh Hawley said that Biden’s “dangerous open border policies have created a moral crisis on our Southern Border.”
“As our country recovers from the pandemic, we should absolutely retain the ability to turn away those crossing our border illegally who pose a threat to the health of American citizens,” he added.
The Biden administration have already defended the retention of the restriction.
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) acting Director Tae Johnson told lawmakers in May that the agency “is concerned that the loss of Title 42 could create additional pressure on our immigration system.”
He called the order “critical” to maintaining social distance in border facilities.
