Senior DHS official predicts lifting Title 42 will eventually lead to drop in border crossings

A senior Department of Homeland Security official is predicting the number of migrant encounters at the southern border will decrease once the Biden administration lifts the Title 42 public health order later this month

Blas Nunez-Neto, acting assistant secretary for border and immigration policy, was quizzed by Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., at a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing about a halt to Title 42. The order has been used since March 2020 to expel a majority of migrants at the southern border due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference Feb. 24, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. "I think, over time, once we start reimposing significant immigration consequences on people at the border through our use of expedited removal, particularly for single adults and particularly for those from Mexico, you are going to see a decrease," Nunez-Neto said. The exchange was first noted by"That is news, ladies and gentlemen," Hawley marveled.

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