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For: The Opinion Updated 23 May 2022, 17: 07 pm EDT
Congressmen, trade unionists and immigrant advocates advocated this Monday for the government of President Joe Biden to end the Title 42 , a policy that has allowed the expedited expulsion of more than two million immigrants under the arguments of a health emergency, due to the COVID-pandemic 17.
“Title 42 is a racist and xenophobic relic of the anti-immigrant agenda of the Trump Administration,” said the congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (Washington), chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
The congresswoman was part of a panel that addressed a federal judge’s decision last Friday to uphold the policy, which Jayapal believes was an incorrect decision, “driven by politics and not by the facts”.
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“I applaud the Department of Justice for indicating that it will move to appeal this ruling”, said. “As Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, I am proud to stand with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus in opposing any amendments and legislation that would restore the Title 23″.
He added that it was time to end this idea of using immigrants as “ soccer balls” in the debate on immigration reform.
Mary Kay Henry, international president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), He also considered that the decision of Judge Robert Summerhays, from Louisiana, was incorrect, since the rejection of people who request refuge is allowed.
“ In light of this terrible decision, my message today could not be simpler, nor could it be more urgent: Workers demand a government that works to everyone. They hope that Congress and the President will support immigrants and refugees,” he said.
Marielena Hincapié, executive director of the National Immigration Law Center (NILC), recalled that former President Trump imposed the Title 42, not as a health policy , but as part of action against immigrants.
“This cruel policy never had a basis in public health, and the Biden Administration made the decision right, albeit late, to put an end to it,” he said. “We urge the Administration to vigorously defend the end of the expulsions of the Title 42 against those who wish to cement this horrible Trump policy into law.”
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For Michael Breen, president of the organization Human Rights First, “it is encouraging that the Department of Justice has quickly filed an appeal against the Louisiana court’s ruling.”
“It is now critical that the Administration take all necessary steps to defend the decision of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to put end to the use of the Title 42”, he added.
Anna Gallagher, executive director of the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, argued that “vulnerable men, women and children pay the price for a policy based on racism, xenophobia and the politicization of the human life”.
With information from EFE