Over the weekend, Rep. Tony Gonzalez (R-TX) said that the illegal immigration crisis at the southern border is going to get significantly worse since the Biden administration is allowing Title 42, a Trump-era border security policy, to expire.
Gonzales, whose congressional district is on the U.S.-Mexico border, made his comments during an interview on CBS News’ “Face the Nation” with host Margaret Brennan on Sunday as he discussed what the border would look like once Title 42 expires.
“Homeland Security is looking at 10,000 people per day potentially crossing the border,” Brennan said. “Do the agents you represent have what they need to deal with the surge?”
“They do not, Margaret,” Gonzales responded. “And this is honestly the fourth time that we’ve seen this Title 42 is going to end and every time we come to this situation before the crisis is this uptick in illegal immigration and we’re seeing that now whether it’s Brownsville, whether it’s Eagle Pass or whether it’s El Paso.”
“Now it’s all three of those areas. And so the numbers are getting worse,” he added. “The agents are beyond an exhausting point. And it’s not just at the border. Now what you’re seeing is places 100, 150 miles from the border are just as overwhelmed as if they were on the Rio Grande themselves.”
With Title 42 set to expire, @RepTonyGonzales says the number of migrants attempting to cross the border is “getting worse.”
“The agents are beyond an exhausting point…not just at the border,” he says, adding that agents up to 150 miles away are struggling with the influx. pic.twitter.com/uL6canITo1
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) April 30, 2023
