Biden is doing Democrats dirty by trying to punt the Title 42 decision

President Biden.
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The White House has a mess on its hands with Title 42, the Trump-era public health provision used to turn away migrants during the pandemic to slow the spread of COVID-19. They want Congress to clean it up.

"This would be Congress having the discussion. We are continuing to prepare for a May 23 implementation" of lifting the order, President Biden's press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters Monday at a White House briefing. "There will be a range of conversations about this over the coming days."

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W. James Antle III

W. James Antle III is the politics editor of the Washington Examiner, the former editor of The American Conservative, and author of Devouring Freedom: Can Big Government Ever Be Stopped?.