KIMT-TV News 3: As President Biden allows a Trump-era rule on illegal immigration to lapse, Iowa political leaders are slamming the film as a major mistake.
Title 42 is a public health emergency rule that allowed border authorities to quickly return many migrants who crossed the border illegally. The Biden administration allows it to end at 12 a.m. Friday.
Governor Kim Reynolds issued the following statement in response:
“The Biden Administration has blatantly ignored the border crisis for more than two years, and now, they are removing our most effective tool to stop this invasion of our country. Allowing it to end without another solution is not humane; it is a failure of duty. Hundreds of thousands of pounds of fentanyl are coming into our country, cartels are trafficking women and children, our border agents are overwhelmed, and thousands of migrants are setting up camp in border towns. Joe Biden owns of this national security disaster and must fix it. It starts with securing our border and addressing our broken immigration policies. The American people deserve nothing less.”
Iowa Congressman Randy Feenstra issued the following statement after voting for, and the US House of Representatives to pass, the Secure the Border Act of 2023:
“Since President Biden took office, more than 5 million illegal immigrants have crossed our border and more than 14,000 pounds of fentanyl have been seized by law enforcement. In our Commitment to States United, House Republicans vowed to counter President Biden’s border crisis with serious proposals to protect our families.”
Today we delivered on our promise by passing our Border Security Act to keep fentanyl out of our communities, maintain Title 42, fully fund our Border Patrol agents, and finish the wall. Iowans and Americans across the country deserve safe communities and a safe border, period.”
Iowa Congresswoman Ashley Hinson also commented in support of the Secure the Border Act:
“President Biden and Secretary Mayorkas have created and perpetuated a horrific security and humanitarian crisis on our southern border.”
“Unsurprisingly, they failed to plan for the end of Title 42, and instead of adopting stricter security measures to deal with the increase in illegal immigration at our border, they are now releasing illegal immigrants in the country with no way to trace them.”
“As the Biden Administration tells the American people that they should accept this chaos as the status quo, I am proud to support legislation that will secure our border, fight illegal immigration, support the Border Patrol agents on the front lines and will help stop the flow of fentanyl into our communities.”
President Biden has vowed to veto the GOP’s Secure the Border Act. Democrats who control the US Senate say they won’t pass any such legislation.
