More than two dozen House Republicans on Friday called on President Biden to reinstate a national emergency declaration for the southern border as the U.S. faces a dramatically rising border crisis.
In a letter, led by rep. Lance Gooden, R-Texas, says lawmakers the Biden government’s “refusal to enforce immigration laws has encouraged many migrants to embark on the treacherous journey across our border.”
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“We urge you to realize that an immigration crisis is underway and to re-establish a national emergency regarding our southern border,” the letter reads. The Daily Caller first reported the letter.
The legislatures signed include representatives Jim Banks, India; Brian Babin, R-Texas; Majorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga .; Lauren Boebert, R-Colo .; Jody Hice, R-Ga., And Michael Cloud, R-Texas.
“There are no two ways to do this; we are in the midst of a border crisis. President Biden has set it in motion by undoing numerous Trump-era immigration policies, so we urge us to immediately address the national emergency. border, “Gooden told Fox News.
The Biden administration has taken a number of dramatic actions to unravel immigration actions from the Trump era, including the migration of the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) that detained migrants in Mexico. It also narrowed the priorities for enforcement and deportation while stopping the construction of the boundary wall.
In addition, the administration has revived the practice of catch-and-release, releasing migrants back into the U.S. interior – a practice that has already led to the release of some COVID-positive migrants.
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Axios reported that there was an increase in child migrants transferred to Health and Human Services (HHS), while Republican lawmakers noted that the numbers of customs and border protection (CBP) averaged 3,000 arrests per day in January 2021 and estimates that 117,000 children will be unaccompanied in January 2021. crossing the border this year.
But so far the government has denied that there is a crisis on the border.
“The men and women of the Department of Homeland Security work 24 hours a day, seven days a week to ensure that we do not experience a crisis at the border – that we are dealing with the challenge, just as acutely as the challenge is,” he said. DHS Secretary Alejandro said. Mayorkas said on Monday, adding that the ‘challenge’ is not just for the government but for non-governmental organizations and border communities.
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Republicans have been sounding the alarm over the crisis for weeks, urging the government not only to reverse its security policy, but also to pave the way for millions of illegal immigrants in the country to become citizens.
“Your administration can prevent tragedies by re-establishing the national emergency declaration and the Migrant Protection Protocols, otherwise known as the ‘Remain in Mexico’ program,” lawmakers wrote Friday. “These two steps will send a clear message to millions of potential migrants that the United States does not tolerate illegal access to our country.”
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Other Republicans, meanwhile, have called for hearings on the crisis, while Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has backed down on a request for cooperation with the Biden government over the testing and quarantine of migrants released within the country.