Gov Abbott Calls Biden Administration’s Decision To End Title 42 Expulsions “Reckless”

AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott is responding to the Biden administration’s decision to end Title 42 in late May.

The policy allows migrants to be expelled from the U.S. under emergency heath measures. It came about during President Trump’s time in office and in the midst of the COVID pandemic.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said this week that the measure isn’t necessary anymore. Governor Abbott disagrees.

“President Biden’s open-border policies are an unmitigated disaster for national security. His recklessness has forced the State of Texas to take unprecedented steps to fill the gaps—including deploying Texas Department of Public Safety troopers and over 10,000 Texas National Guard soldiers, jailing illegal immigrants who are charged with trespassing, and becoming the first state ever to build a wall to secure the border,” said Governor Abbott. “Instead of listening to the millions of Americans that his administration has endangered—and instead of enforcing immigration laws passed by Congress—President Biden has chosen to jeopardize the safety and security of those very Americans he swore to protect and defend by ending Title 42 expulsions.”

The Governor said Ending Title 42 expulsions will signal to cartels and migrants that the southern border is wide open. He believes that will incite more trafficking, and more lawlessness.