Title 42, a Trump-era policy allowing immigration officials to more quickly expel asylum-seeking migrants attempting to cross the border, will expire Thursday due to the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency declaration.
Sen. Bob Menéndez, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has led the charge for Democrats critical of the administration's plans for the end of Title 42, most recently hitting the White House's deployment of 1,500 active-duty troops to support border officials.
Weeks later, the administration unveiled a plan with a similar international focus, but which kept some deterrent elements for border enforcement, including the application of five-year bars from reentry for migrants removed at the border.
A Democratic congressional aide told The Hill that much of the anger against the administration stems from officials taking "Far-reaching decisions" and using Trump-era deterrence policies without first consulting the CHC. Other Democrats have been caught between the administration's decidedly centrist approach to the border - critics have often referred to it as "Trump light" - and the progressive stance sought by Menéndez.
In Texas, where border Democrats have often butted heads with immigration progressives as their districts bear more of the social costs of admitting large groups of migrants, there are also early signs of party unity.
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"Democrats can have the right message, that follows something like this: 'We're strong on border security. We want to see order at the border, but there'll be respectful of immigrant families, the right to asylum, legitimate asylum.' I think that resonates better with the border," he added.
https://thehill.com/latino/3990095-title-42-jitters-rattle-democratic-unity/
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