A Democrat member of Congress has demanded that President Joe Biden and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas work with Republicans to find a bipartisan solution on immigration as Title 42 nears an end.
In her May 8 letter (pdf) to the Department of Homeland Security head, Rep. Sharice Davids (D-Kan.) warned that the anticipated influx of unlawful border-crossers after Title 42 ends on May 11 could exacerbate an existing “humanitarian and refugee crisis” if nothing is done to mitigate it.
“As the President has decided to lift the [Title 42] order this week, we now face a doubling of illegal crossings at our southern border by some estimates, exacerbating the current humanitarian and refugee crisis,” Davids wrote….