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.