Georgia Democrat Sen. Raphael Warnock, who won a 2021 special election and is now seeking a whole term, is part of a growing list of Democrats who are speaking out against the determination to end the policy which gave the Administration the ability to block people from entering the nation throughout a health crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
Doubling down on prior remarks he made in opposition to ending Title 42, a spokesperson for Warnock announced in a statement Thursday morning that he “does not support lifting Title 42 at this time” and recommended that the Biden Administration release an outline for how it plans to handle the crisis at the southern border once the policy is raised.
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“Senator Warnock believes in protecting the humanity of migrants at the border, but before this policy is rescinded, the Administration should present a plan for how it will ensure our border security has the manpower, infrastructure, humanitarian and legal resources they need to prevent this policy change from making an already dire humanitarian situation worse,” the spokesperson announced.
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Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., has further spoken out against the move, stating the decision to end the policy “will only add to the strain on our broken immigration system.”
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“Ending Title 42 is expected to cause a significant increase of migration to the United States and put more pressure on an already broken system,” Tester wrote in a Tuesday letter to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. “These problems do not only affect the southern border, but put more strain on those working to secure the northern border as well.”
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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., has described the move as a “frightening decision” and announced last week that Title 42 has been “essential” in combating COVID-19 and controlling the migrant flows.
“We are already facing an unprecedented increase in migrants this year, and that will only get worse if the Administration ends the Title 42 policy,” Manchin stated. “We are nowhere near prepared to deal with that influx.”
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Arizona Democrat Sens. Kyrsten Sinema and Mark Kelly have written to and spoke with Mayorkas to express their concerns regarding the policy being lifted without proper planning. Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., meanwhile, announced that ending the order “will likely lead to a migrant surge that the administration does not appear to be ready for.”
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