Cuellar: Biden Title 42 decision hurts Democrats — and helps cartels

Rep. Henry Cuellar is a border district Democrat critical of the decision to end the Trump-era COVID-19 policy.

Rep. Henry Cuellar says President Biden is hurting Democrats ahead of midterm elections while helping cartels by moving forward with his rollback of Title 42.

Cuellar, D-Texas, is one of many Democrats up for reelection criticizing the Biden administration’s decision to end the pandemic-era immigration policy, which made it easier to quickly deport migrants.

He’s joined by the likes of senators Mark Kelly, D-Ariz.; Maggie Hassan, D-N.H.; and Democratic Senate candidates in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Ohio, Florida and Wisconsin. Several House Democrats are distancing themselves from the administration on this issue.

“This is not good for Democrats in November. You know, in talking to some of my Republican colleagues, they’re saying, ‘We can’t believe the White House is giving us this narrative. We can’t believe that they’re hurting Democrat candidates for the November election,'” Cuellar added. “And you know this, you look at the polls. The Republican voters are not happy by what’s happening at the border. The Democratic voters are not happy. And if you look at the independent voters, they’re not happy about this decision. So who are we trying to please?”

But Cuellar warned that the ramifications of Biden’s handling of the border go beyond electoral politics. There are consequences for communities on the border — including his South Texas constituents — and for criminal organizations that will welcome the decision, he said.

“Once the Title 42 is taken away, it provides an incentive to the criminal organizations to say, ‘Hey, now we can promote this, we can market this saying that the border is open,’” Cuellar said. “And they make a lot of money.

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