WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined a letter led by Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) to President Biden demanding he not revoke Title 42, a public health order issued last year allowing immigration officials to rapidly expel illegal immigrants and slow the spread of COVID-19 at the border. In light of media reports indicating the Biden administration is planning to end this authority soon, the senators highlight in their letter how ending Title 42 will further exacerbate the crisis at the southern border, where immigration facilities are already overwhelmed.
“Revoking the authority of officials to rapidly expel illegal migrants under Title 42 without a clear plan in place to handle the stress this population will place on the system and on border communities will further exacerbate the crisis at the southwestern border,” wrote the senators. “The administration’s first priority must be to protect the American homeland. Allowing political considerations to overrule the clear public health threat created by the spread of COVID-19 at the border is reckless and irresponsible.”
Senators Cramer and Barrasso are joined on the letter by Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Senators Mike Braun (R-IN), John Boozman (R-AR), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Susan Collins (R-ME), John Cornyn (R-TX), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), John Hoeven (R-ND), James Inhofe (R-OK), Ron Johnson (R-WI), James Lankford (R-OK), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Jerry Moran (R-KS), James Risch (R-ID), Rick Scott (R-FL), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), John Thune (R-SD), and Thom Tillis (R-NC).
