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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
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Matthew Choi

Texas progressives want Title 42 ended, highlighting wide ideological gulf on Congressional immigration deal

U.S. Congressman-elect Greg Casar, D-TX, speaks during a press conference with Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) Chair Pramila Jayapal, D-WA, and other incoming CPC members at AFL-CIO Headquarters in Washington, DC, on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022.
U.S. Rep. Greg Casar, D-Austin, along with other progressive Democrats, sent a letter Thursday to the White House condemning Title 42. In this Nov. 13, 2022, photo, he speaks during a press conference with Congressional Progressive Caucus chair U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., and other incoming members members at AFL-CIO Headquarters in Washington, D.C. (Credit: Shuran Huang for The Texas Tribune)

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Greg Casar of Austin helped lead a group of progressive Democrats in issuing a stern rebuke against President Joe Biden for extending border provisions inherited from the Trump administration, highlighting the wide ideological gulf in Congress as lawmakers hope to find a bipartisan path forward on border security.

In a letter to the White House, Casar and other progressives took issue with the administration’s plan to continue Title 42, a provision that expels asylum-seekers under the pretext of stopping the spread of COVID-19.

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