Multiple former senior immigration officials and residents of El Paso, Texas, shared their concerns over the implications of Title 42 during a town hall meeting on May 11.
Members of the Texas Public Policy Foundation-led Border Security Coalition held the town hall just hours ahead of the Trump-era public health policy expiring.
Title 42, which allowed Border Patrol agents to turn illegal immigrants back to Mexico immediately over public health concerns amid the COVID-19 pandemic, expired on May 11 at 11:59 p.m.
Thursday’s meeting was attended by former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Tom Homan, who took aim at the Biden administration’s handling of the immigration crisis, which experts say will likely worsen in the coming days and months….