President Biden's efforts to alleviate the border crisis are 'just temporary band-aids,' Rep. Veronica Escobar told CBS' 'Face the Nation' Sunday, emphasizing that the situation needs to be addressed via legislation from Congress.
Title 42 to limit migrants' ability to qualify for asylum at the southern border if they didn't first pursue legal pathways before attempting to enter the U.S. and would allow up to 30,000 migrants to be rapidly expelled each month.
The policy also allows up to 30,000 migrants to enter the U.S. per month via humanitarian parole. Applicants must apply from their cell phone, have a U.S. sponsor and go through a vetting process.the Biden administration to continue Title 42, which allowed for the immediate expulsion of some migrants, while legal challenges unfold."The administration, in the absence of any legislation from Congress, has very few tools available.
Because Title 42 has been kept in place for the time being, the Biden administration cannot switch to the policy it used before it, called Title Eight, which Escobar described as "much more punitive." "All of these executive branch efforts really are just temporary band-aids, whether it's Title Eight, whether it's Title 42, if we need to make sure that Congress acts."While the "vast majority of refugees" arriving at the border do have cell phones, Escobar said, more State Department outreach and education is needed to reach those without cell phones and ensure that migrants understand what the asylum process is.
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