Arizona Governor asks to keep Title 42 program

ARIZONA – Arizona Governor Doug Ducey called on President Joe Biden’s administration to reconsider its decision to eliminate the Title 42 program in an attempt to protect U.S. border communities.

“In Arizona, our brave law enforcement professionals are working hard to protect border communities, all Arizonans and migrants. However, the worst border crisis in more than 20 years continues to go unaddressed by the federal government,” Ducey said.

According to the governor, the Title 42 program is one of the latest measures to help border agents do their jobs.

“Title 42 allows federal officials to prohibit the entry of those who potentially pose a health risk. Even as we emerge from the pandemic, this is an obvious policy that protects the health and welfare of U.S. citizens, its removal will cause considerable harm to Arizona’s border communities, our state and our entire country.

Ducey noted that since Oct. 1, 2021, Customs and Border Protection has encountered more than 830,000 migrants – more than double the number this time last year, and four times the number from two years ago.

“Arizona has taken proactive steps to mitigate the crisis at the border and protect our state. We deployed the National Guard and invested $55 million in that support mission, and this year’s budget proposes an additional $50 million in the Border Security Fund,” he added.

In July 2021, Governor Ducey pressed the Biden administration to maintain Title 42 border protections and asked Congress to protect the program from further reform.

Source: MEXICONOW Staff