Manchin on 42: ‘Borders Have To Be Secure’

On Thursday, Senator Joe Manchin (D‑WV) reiterated his opposition to the Biden administration’s potential action to do away with Title 42 immigration restrictions. “I think they should reconsider,” Manchin told the press, per Fox News. “I sent a letter, I’m against removing Title 42.” “If anything we should be looking at permanency on Title 42,” he said. “Maybe that would spur us to get a good immigration policy that works for Americans and secure our borders — the borders have to be secure,” he noted.“Oh my goodness. Just watch the news y’all put out every day, what’s coming across,” Manchin said, per The Hill. Manchin also called for Title 42 to be extended in a letter to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky earlier this week. Manchin said in the letter, “In Fiscal Year (FY) 2021, encounters with migrants reached an all-time high of 1.7 million people. That is four times higher than the 400,000 encounters reported the previous year, and we are on pace to set a new record again this year. Through the first five months of FY22, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reports that Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) has experienced more than 838,000 migrant encounters. Unfortunately, due to annual migration patterns, those numbers are only expected to increase during the upcoming spring and summer months.” “T …

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