The debate over ending or maintaining Title 42 misses a key point. Title 42 is a symptom...
Migrants stand next to the border wall in May as a Border Patrol agent takes a head count in Eagle Pass. Debate over ending or maintaining Title 42 misses a key point. Title 42 is a symptom of immigration failure — not a solution. Reform is needed.EAGLE PASS —The Del Rio sector for U.S. Customs and Border Protection has never been so busy.
To better understand the increase in migrants here and the Biden administration’s preparedness for the possible end of Title 42, the controversial Trump-era use of an obscure public health code to bypass asylum law, the Express-News Editorial Board visited Eagle Pass on Wednesday, meeting with Owens, touring a processing center and visiting the banks of the Rio Grande.
That influx ripples across the sector. It overcrowds the facility, shifts Border Patrol manpower away from security threats, overwhelms nonprofits and strains the resources of border communities. San Antonio, several hours from Eagle Pass, isoverwhelming the community This is why ending Title 42 should be delayed — but not indefinitely. Invoked in March of 2020 at the start of the pandemic, Title 42 is a deeply flawed policy. Here’s why:
“We’ve seen some of those , they’ll come back up to 10 times in one shift,” said Jose Tellez, the patrol agent in charge of Fire Fly. We agree. There are many exceptions to Title 42, and while the COVID-19 pandemic continues, vaccines and treatments are now widely available.
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