“With the end of Title 42 expulsions, President Biden’s own administration estimates that at least 150,000 migrants are waiting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border and enter our country illegally. In his letter, Abbott attributed the bottleneck to the end of Title 42, though most border experts say Title 42 was one of the primary reasons for the congestion at the border. Instead, after a rise in encounters came in the days preceding the end of Title 42, encounters dropped by 50 percent from their peak in the days immediately following the policy’s sunset, according to the Department of Homeland Security.Īdvocates say that drop was primarily due to migrants pausing to understand the new rules and avail themselves of the complex pathways to asylum provided by the Biden administration.
Title 42 was a border management policy first enacted under the Trump administration, which on paper was prompted by the coronavirus pandemic, but it functionally served to diminish asylum claims at the southwest border.īiden administration officials had warned the end of Title 42 would bring a significant rise in encounters between border officials and migrants, and many in the GOP had painted an apocalyptic image of a post-Title 42 border.
The Texas governor said President Biden systematically dismantled border security, and “further jeopardized our nation’s security by ending Title 42 expulsions on May 11, 2023.” “In the federal government’s absence, we, as Governors, must band together to combat President Biden’s ongoing border crisis and ensure the safety and security that all Americans deserve,” wrote Abbott.
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