Rep. Tony Gonzales said on Sunday that the situation in neighboring El Paso is 'dire' as the city braces for a spike in migrants crossing the border with the upcoming end of the pandemic-era policy known as Title 42.
, Title 42 is a rule that allows migrants to be quickly expelled from the U.S. on public-health grounds. Federal border officials have expelled migrants 2.5 million times to Mexico or their home countries under Title 42, which allows them to do so without the guarantee of an asylum hearing.
Gonzales said he visited a processing center for migrants in El Paso several days ago, where he said more than 500 migrants were waiting in an area meant for 100 people. The Texas Republican said he also saw another 1,000 migrants waiting outdoors, some without socks and jackets as temperatures are expected to drop into the teens this week.
"What we need to do is have a pathway where they go through the bridges in an orderly way. And then, if they don't follow that pathway, I think we need to send them back," Cueller told"Face the Nation.""I'll finish with this analogy quickly. It's like if somebody invites me to go to their house for lunch, but I decide to go through the back door and come through windows. I decide to bring a whole bunch of people, decide what hours I come in.
"Throwing money at a problem does not solve a problem. You can have an unlimited amount of soft sided facilities," he said of the administration's request for more money."The problem is enforcing the laws that are already on the books." "I take impeachment extremely serious. That is a case of emergency, break glass," he said."But impeachment, that's a long process. The city of El Paso needs help today, not a year from now."
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