US analyst Glenn C. Altschuler condemned President Joe Biden’s mishandling of the migration crisis on the southern border with Mexico, where record numbers of undocumented arrivals are being reported.
According to the expert on these issues, the decision to repeal Title 42, a Donald Trump-era (2017-2021) anti-immigrant policy imposed at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, came at a time when the government is not doing so , how to deal with the increasing arrival of people at its border points.
Biden received a lot of pressure from Republicans and Democrats to uphold and repeal the rule that bans people from entering the country under the pretense of preventing the spread of a contagious disease.
Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that given the drop in cases of Covid-19, as well as hospitalizations and deaths from the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, the policy would be canceled at the end of May.
It will be lifted without the government having a plan to organize the migration flows and guarantee that the human rights of the undocumented migrants expected to arrive en masse over the coming spring and summer months are respected, Altschuler commented in an article, which was published by The Hill.
Still, he added, the decision and timing to end Title 42 shows that the power struggle-ridden government is politically deaf on the issue of immigration.
The US Department of Health and Human Services said a “massive migration event” is expected in the coming months, with the number of daily arrivals at the border increasing from 7,000 to 18,000.
Under the guise of Title 42, the Trump administration expelled 400,000 people, while the Biden administration increased that number to 1.2 million.
The decision to repeal the measure came as Republicans made immigration an emblematic issue in the midterm election campaigns scheduled for next November.
According to Altschuler, the Democratic incumbent is failing to adequately explain his administration’s approach to immigration to American voters.
To stop the nosedive of his popularity, the Democratic ruler must develop a strategy that will help make the immigration process more humane and safe, as he promised so much during his 2020 campaign, the expert said.
She must also change her discourse and highlight her options: pointing out that for decades Republicans in Congress have refused to discuss sweeping immigration reform that would solve the situation of unauthorized immigrants.
Biden should add that building a border wall hasn’t solved any problems, and list his administration’s policies that the Migration Policy Institute says are having a significant impact.