GOP states are striking back against a poor Biden administration decision to end a Trump-era immigration policy.

Attorneys general for Arizona, Missouri, and Louisiana announced Monday they were suing the Biden administration over the decision to end Title 42, urging that the order be reinstated.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Friday that Title 42, the Trump-era policy that allows border authorities to quickly return migrants and has resulted in over 1.7 million migrant expulsions, will end May 23. The group of Republican attorneys general argued that the decision to end the policy violates the Administrative Procedures Act (APA) “as it is arbitrary and capricious, and the Biden Administration did not conduct the statutorily required notice and comment process,” according to a press release.

[source: The Daily Caller]

“Revoking Title 42 will create an unprecedented surge at the southern border and it will overwhelm law enforcement agencies and non-governmental organizations as well,” the attorneys general argued. “The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, (DHS), estimates getting rid of Title 42 will result in as many as 18,000 migrants per day – which could mean 540,000 migrants in a single month.” 

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich, the only border state official of the group, said his state will be at the forefront of the consequences of the decision.

“While it’s difficult to identify President Biden’s most irresponsible move since taking office, rescinding Title 42 is certainly up there,” Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich said in a statement shared with the DCNF.

“It’s a ridiculously poor decision with a bad intention for border states and American communities across the country. This administration’s reckless pandering to the far Left and complete abdication of its responsibility to public safety cannot be allowed to continue,” Brnovich said.

When Title 42 officially ends, migrants’ claims will be processed under what is known as Title 8, allowing them to await their court dates in the United States.

“If the Biden Administration won’t take proactive steps to secure our border and protect our citizenry, we certainly will,” Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt said in a statement.

The lawsuit also points to border issues affecting Schmitt’s state.

“Based on recent statistics, approximately 56 out of every 1,000 unlawful aliens who enter the United States end up residing in Missouri … Missouri is also a destination state and hub for human-trafficking crimes within the United States, due to its situation at the confluence of several major interstate highways. Such crimes disproportionately afflict illegal aliens, and these crimes (and other crimes committed by illegal aliens) impose irreparable law-enforcement and criminal-justice costs on Missouri,” the lawsuit states.

The Biden administration has said it’s preparing contingencies to address an expected migrant influx, arguing that Title 8 will result in the expulsion of migrants who lack lawful claims to be in the country. On a call with reporters Friday following the CDC’s announcement, a DHS official stated that the administration is “concerned about the fact that, as is the case with any anticipated policy change, smugglers will spread misinformation to take advantage of vulnerable migrants.”

Will our country survive this?

Author: Vasily Ivanov