Local Texas leaders express frustration over the imminent rollback of Title 42, which they say will have detrimental cultural and economic effects on their communities.
, and there's a burden that they carry," she added."They're worried whether their husbands" or"their families are going to come home at night."Garza said she has hope that the president can put politics aside to come up with a resolution so border patrol agents don’t feel"alone" or"forgotten" and instead, their communities can feel safe and their work can continue.
Asylum applications that used to take a few months to process can now take up to six years to process, leaving immigrants unable to legally work, according to Human Rights First. Hidalgo County Judge Richard Cortez told Fox News Digital immigrants are important and essential to the future of the United States, but the"broken system" the country has"doesn't allow the right type of immigrants to join us in this country, to help us with the many jobs that we need."
Cortez said he wrote two letters to President Biden regarding Title 42’s looming expiration, calling on the administration to delay suspension of policy and visit the border to see the situation firsthand.
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