Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Friday accused President Biden of “relinquishing his responsibilities” at the southern border and exacerbating the ongoing immigration crisis following the government’s announcement that it would lift its mandate. “Today’s decision confirms that President Biden has relinquished his responsibilities at our border and is actively working to exacerbate the border crisis,” McCarthy said in a statement. “From the first day of his rule, he has failed to protect the security of our nation and secure our borders.” THE DECISION ON IMMIGRATION BIDEN CAN MAKE THE NOON CLIMATE EVEN MORE DIFFICULT FOR DEMOCRATS The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced Friday that it will end its Title 42 public health policy, which is used by the Trump and Biden administrations to expedite migrants to the southern border since the launch of COVID-19. outbreak, May 23. January 23, 2022: Fox News footage shows immigrants being released into the United States. (Fox News) “After examining the current state of public health and the increasing availability of tools to combat COVID-19 (such as highly effective vaccines and therapeutic drugs), the Director of the CDC has decided that it is no longer necessary to issue an order suspending importation immigrants in the United States, “the agency said in a statement. The mandate was implemented by the Trump administration due to the COVID-19 epidemic and has since been used by both the Trump and Biden administrations to deport the majority of immigrants to the border. Although it is a public health mandate, not an immigration policy, it has become one of the central border policies implemented as the US faces record numbers of illegal border crossings. In February, about 55% of immigrants were returned due to the order, instead of being released in the US December 3, 2021: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., Responds to reporters at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo / J. Scott Applewhite) Activists and left-wing Democrats called for the Biden government to terminate the order for months, claiming it is harsh and denying due process to immigrants. However, Republicans and moderate Democrat lawmakers, as well as border law enforcement, have expressed concern that it could lead to an increase in immigration that could overwhelm agents and surpass the huge numbers seen last year. BIDEN ADMINISTRATION LIFTS TRUMP-TIME LIMITATIONS ON US-MEXICO BORDER “This decision is wrong and will cause an illegal increase in illegal border crossings to enrich human traffickers and flood our Border Patrol,” McCarthy said. “This will cause pain, pain and tragedy throughout our country.” “Make no mistake, the president will own the catastrophe created by his policies,” he added. US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks with Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of the US Department of Homeland Security, before boarding Air Force Two at El Paso International Airport in El Paso, Texas, USA on Friday, June 25, 2021. Vice President Visits South The border comes after months of complaints from Republicans as well as frustration with some Democrats for not going to the border after being chosen to tackle the root causes of Central American immigration to the US (Yuri Gripas / Abaca / Bloomberg via Getty Images) Fear of an increase in migrants has been acknowledged by the government and it says it is increasing resources at the border as part of a strategy to tackle what it said would be an “influx” of migrants. CLICK HERE TO RECEIVE THE FOX NEWS APPLICATION DHS Secretary Alejandro Mallorca said on Friday that DHS “has implemented a comprehensive strategy of the whole government to manage any possible increase in the number of migrants meeting at our borders.” Border Patrol agents, however, were more blunt in their assessment: “We are waiting to be shipwrecked,” an agent told Fox News Digital. Fox News’ Peter Hasson contributed to this report.
