Minority Leaders Mourn 'Preventable Tragedy' on Southern Border
WASHINGTON, May 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Black and Hispanic leaders are calling for bipartisan solutions to the humanitarian crisis on our southern border, which is about to get exponentially worse as Title 42 expires and border cities prepare for a huge increase in illegal immigration.
- WASHINGTON, May 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Black and Hispanic leaders are calling for bipartisan solutions to the humanitarian crisis on our southern border, which is about to get exponentially worse as Title 42 expires and border cities prepare for a huge increase in illegal immigration.
- "This makes it much easier for drug smugglers and human traffickers to evade Border Patrol and bring death and suffering into our cities."
- CCA leaders criticized the federal government's failure to properly secure the border or prepare for the end of Title 42, adding that Members of Congress need to come together across party lines to pass legislation to address the ongoing humanitarian and national security crisis at the southern border.
- "Congress needs to do its job and pass a comprehensive immigration policy that properly secures our borders and protects our cities."