Ending Title 42, and making asylum even easier to obtain, will create an unprecedented border crisis this summer.
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Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas listens to deputy patrol agent in charge of the U.S. Border Patrol Anthony Crane as he tours a section of the border wall in Hidalgo, Texas, May 17, 2022.
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U.S. Border Patrol encountered a record 239,000 migrants at our nation’s southern border in May. That surpassed previous highs set in March and April. More than four in ten were deported under Title 42, a Trump-era measure that enables federal law enforcement to quickly eject illegal border crossers.
Rather than address this surge, President Biden is hamstringing his own officers — and courting even more illegal crossers — by trying to repeal Title 42.
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Lou Di Leonardo, a Fairfax County, Va., resident, served as a founding member of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) until his retirement in 2010. His previous federal agency, U.S. Customs, merged with Immigration and Naturalization Services to form ICE in 2003.
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U.S. Border Patrol encountered a record 239,000 migrants at our nation’s southern border in May. That surpassed previous highs set in March and April. More than four in ten were deported under Title 42, a Trump-era measure that enables federal law enforcement to quickly eject illegal border crossers.
Rather than address this surge, President Biden is hamstringing his own officers — and courting even more illegal crossers — by trying to repeal Title 42.
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About the Author
Lou Di Leonardo, a Fairfax County, Va., resident, served as a founding member of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) until his retirement in 2010. His previous federal agency, U.S. Customs, merged with Immigration and Naturalization Services to form ICE in 2003.
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