Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Sen. Cruz Sends Letter to President Biden Urging Him to Renew Critical Title 42 Border Policy

Letter

Dear President Biden,

We must protect Americans and secure the Southern Border. As you know, in March 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a Title 42 emergency order to prevent the spread of COVID-19. This order allows for illegal immigrants to be expelled in order to protect U.S. citizens from COVID-19. I strongly urge you to ensure this policy is renewed before it expires on March 30, 2022.

As you may know, there is currently a crisis occurring at the Southern Border. In Texas, South Texas border communities Del Rio and McAllen are already suffering and are running low on resources from dealing with a massive influx of illegal immigrants. These communities cannot further be burdened by a mass influx of illegal immigrants, due to the ending of Title 42. It has been reported that U.S. intelligence officials are privately bracing for a massive influx of more than 170,000 illegal immigrants at the Southern Border if this Title 42 policy is ended.

As elected officials, we have a duty to protect the American people and Title 42 has played an integral role in the past two years in doing this. As America continues to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, our focus should be on securing our borders, rather than opening the flood gates to additional persons.

As President of the United States, you have the ability to ensure the renewal of this critical policy that has protected Americans from the further spread of COVID-19. I urge you to keep the promise you made to the American people in your State of the Union speech to secure the border your promise to the American people to secure the border and immediately renew Title 42.

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