The migratory situation The border with Mexico will become “chaos” and a “nightmare” starting next week, the Republicans in the United States Congress warned this Wednesday, due to the expiration of a health regulation that allows blocking and expelling migrants. migrants.
The lifting on May 11 of this standard known as Title 42 It raises fears of an increase in migrant crossings between the United States and Mexico.
“May 11 is a nightmarish day for the American people, particularly for the people of New Mexico and Texas,” two states that border Mexico, Senator Lindsey Graham said at a press conference.
“The United States is under siege,” he said.
The Republican believes that the end of the Title 42 it will double the influx of migrants from Mexico and the border police will be overwhelmed.
“In the next 90 days, you’re going to (see) 900,000 to 1.1 million” migrants coming across the border, Graham predicted.
He and other Republican senators urged the Democratic president Joe Biden to keep the Title 42 despite the fact that as of May 11 the Government will lift the anti-covid measures and will put an end to the requirement to vaccinate foreigners who arrive.
This regulation, which allows the immediate expulsion of migrants without visa or permit of entry, including asylum seekers, was activated in 2020 by the administration of former Republican President Donald Trump, in the name of the fight against the pandemic.
His successor, Joe Biden, extended his term.
“I have asked Democrats to join the effort to not repeal the Title 42 on May 11. It has been used 2.3 million times to expel people who came here illegally,” he said.
Given the imminent lifting of the device, the US government announced on Tuesday the dispatch of an additional 1,500 soldiers to the border with Mexico to support the 2,500 soldiers who already help the border police.
He Title 42 will be replaced by Qualification 8which makes it possible to expel all migrants who do not have authorization to enter and, unlike the Title 42it will penalize them with a re-entry ban of at least five years if they try again, as well as possible criminal prosecution.
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