Thread by @chiproytx

BORDER THREAD: A) Title 42 is NOT border policy & should not be treated as such. Too many GOP use it as cover for weak border efforts when we should not perpetuate the myth of on-going pandemic (see, e.g., student loans); B) We can & should fix the border w/ #HR7772… (1/6)

… the principles laid out in the #TxBorderPlan & we must do these things precisely b/c Title 42 is not an actual fix but a bandaid; C) Now, of course Title 42 can be aggressively used for duration of ANY concurrent federal “pandemic” mandates being used against citizens… (2/6)

…& federal policy makers can debate that, & we should; D) But, ACLU leftists went to District Court to compel the feds to end Title 42 & the court agreed, E) states said - hold up, we get a say if the district court is going to make policy… (3/6)

…F) therefore I agree with SCOTUS majority in the ruling but co-sponsor the sentiments of Gorsuch, who is TOTALLY correct the Courts shouldn’t make policy AND that for policymakers, using “emergency” Title 42 (health policy) for border security purposes is wrong… (4/6)

…but I believe the right result is to just get this out of the Courts, & for federal policymakers to decide… & as such, G) should pass #HR7772 to “Turn Away & Detain” rather than “Encounter & Release.” Finally, we could have had leverage to fight for border security… (5/6)

…had the @SenateGOP 18 not hid behind the military & Ukraine to screw over the American people by taking away our leverage. They should be ashamed. All of them. This is now the #McConnellGOPBorderCrisis as much as Biden. #StandUpForAmerica (6/6)