Local officials near Arizona’s border with Mexico are bracing for a surge in illegal border-crossers as the Biden administration’s to end the CDC’s Title 42 restrictions on May 23 nears.
State Representative Tim Dunn (R-Yuma), who has been outspoken in educating the public about the border crisis in the Yuma Sector, told the Arizona Sun Times the Biden administration needs to reconsider. He said migrants will flood the border when the order is lifted, “We are bracing for a tsunami of pent-up demand when this goes away.”
He said it’s not fair that there are no procedures in place to help those with legitimate asylum claims, such as for refugees fleeing the Russia-Ukraine war. Instead, resources are tied up dealing with the migrants who do not have valid claims.
There’s not a lot more that Arizona can do once Title 42 is rescinded, he said. Unlike Texas, much of the land along the border is off-limits to state and local law enforcement, such as the Cocopah tribal lands. “Our hands are tied,” Dunn added. “We’re doing everything we can already, such as stationing Arizona National Guard troops and DPS officers along the border.”
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