Beto O'Rourke knocks Biden for ending Title 42 without a plan to deal with influx of migrants

[TexasTowelie]

by James Barragán, Texas Tribune


Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke knocked the Biden administration for failing to give border communities a plan for dealing with the number of migrants at their doorstep before saying he’ll end the pandemic-era emergency health order that allows federal officials to turn people away at the border next month.

“It does not make sense to end this until there is a real plan and the capacity in place to handle those and address those that come over,” O’Rourke said in an interview with The Texas Tribune on Tuesday. “I have yet to hear a plan from the Biden administration to address the dynamic we will have on the border once Title 42 ends.”

Last month, the Biden administration said it would end Title 42, the emergency health order that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security cited in September to deport 7,000 asylum-seekers from Haiti who had gathered at the international bridge in Del Rio. The administration plans to end the emergency health order in May, and federal officials expect the number of migrants at the country’s southern border to drastically increase in the following months.

O’Rourke has previously called for the federal government to end Title 42, saying it has led to repeat crossings that contribute to an overwhelmed Border Patrol staff, and has pushed instead for a better system for processing asylum claims.

Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2022/04/12/beto-orourke-joe-biden-border-migrants/

[ColinC]

1. Buncha dem politicians bashing Biden today...

First Manchin, now... Beto??

[abqtommy]

2. I don't consider it bashing. I think President "Nato Joe" Biden will be willing to listen.

To O'Rourke, at least.

[JohnSJ]

3. Let me understand this. The article indicates O'Rourke previously called for the federal government

to end Title 42, now he is saying Biden shouldn't end Title 42 because Biden isn't giving them a plan.

Curious, did Beto consider interacting with Beto, and talking to him about this, or does he prefer to issue his grievance through the media.

Maybe he thinks this we garner himself more points with the Texans, but I seriously doubt it

[kelly1mm]

5. Wasn't that about the same time he said 'Damn right I want to take your assault rifles'?

it seems that since he is no longer on a national stage but rather back in 'little old' Texas things have changed? Who would have thunk it .......

[tirebiter]

4. That's not getting any credibility Beto.

Make yourself important in some way or another.

[Sucha NastyWoman]

6. I think Beto's right

This is going to cause another crisis on the border, which will look like a Joe Biden and Democratic Party failure.