Press Releases

Washington, DC—April 1, 2022…Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) released the below statement on President Biden’s decision to end Title 42—which authorized the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol to turn away anyone entering the country because of public health risk. Border patrol agents are warning of the chaos and lawlessness that will follow suit. One border patrol agent bluntly predicted, “We are expecting to get wrecked.”:

“Absolutely unconscionable. President Biden has singlehandedly manufactured a border crisis unseen in recent history. He’s lost operational control, instituting failed policies that jeopardize our security, empower drug cartels and human traffickers, and leave communities overrun and trying to manage the fallout. Removing Title 42 will only exacerbate the chaos. We must secure our border.”

Womack has been a steadfast advocate of border security and committed to legislatively enacting strong reforms to fully revamp our immigration policies. He has seen the devastation at the southern border firsthand, voted to authorize border wall construction, called for reinstating the “Remain in Mexico” policy, expressed the need for elimination of “Catch and Release” measures, and previously supported comprehensive proposals that would have delivered a working, lawful, and effective immigration system.

Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) has represented Arkansas’s Third Congressional District since 2011. He is a member of the House Appropriations Committee.

womack.house.gov

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