by Joseph DeMaio, ©2022
(Apr. 3, 2022) — The Goofball Regime has announced that, not later than May 23, 2022, it will end the operation of “Title 42,” the title of the U.S. Code dealing with public health issues.
True to form, the regime and its reality-challenged apparatchiks, chiefly in the mainstream media, have with broad-brush sweep misleadingly – and falsely – claimed that “Title 42” of the United States Code will evaporate. In fact and reality, only the health-based exclusions of § 265 of that title would be suspended, and then only at the discretion of the U.S. Surgeon General and after certain regulatory procedures were completed. Typical media attention to facts and details.
42 U.S.C. § 265 states: “Whenever the Surgeon General determines that by reason of the existence of any communicable disease in a foreign country there is serious danger of the introduction of such disease into the United States, and that this danger is so increased by the introduction of persons or property from such country that a suspension of the right to introduce such persons and property is required in the interest of the public health, the Surgeon General, in accordance with regulations approved by the President, shall have the power to prohibit, in whole or in part, the introduction of persons and property from such countries or places as he shall designate in order to avert such danger, and for such period of time as he may deem necessary for such purpose.”
That’s it.
Because of the Wuhan-sourced global coronavirus pandemic, § 265 was invoked during President Trump’s administration to moderate the tsunami of illegal aliens flooding across the southern border – or, more precisely under the Goofball Regime, that former international boundary between the United States and Mexico – who might present a health danger.
However, now that the pandemic appears to be on the wane, the Goofball sees an opportunity to again incentivize the invasion of the nation by an estimated up to 18,000 aliens per day intent upon illegally crossing into the United States.
Virtually all will claim – without basis – “asylum,” be given an “appearance” date before an asylum judge, months if not years in the future, then forever disappear into the Nation’s interior, never to fret again about being cared for by Democrat regimes. George Soros and Saul Alinsky would be very proud. Oh, and the Goofball, too.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy correctly notes that the suspension of the exclusionary function of § 265 will “invite a lawless surge of illegal border crossings.” Duh… a blind Martian could see that such is precisely what will happen. Moreover, it is what the Goof seems eager to facilitate. Rest assured, Virginia, this does not constitute taking “[c]are that the Laws be faithfully executed…” as required by the Constitution. But since that relic “white guy drafted” document cannot be seen as an impediment to an incompetent megalomaniac, the Goof shuffles ahead…, ice cream cone in hand.
Indeed, the initiation of such a surge is already happening as hordes of “undocumented Democrats” begin their violent trek north from southern Mexico.
Interestingly, the two Democrat Senators from Arizona, a southern border state heavily and tragically-impacted by illegal immigration for decades, have sent a March 24, 2022 letter to the Goof imploring him to keep “Title 42” (sic: they likely mean § 265) in place until a specific plan is implemented to address the consequences – including what in their own words will be “chaos at the southern border” – attending ending the protocols.
They asked for a response by March 31, but do not hold your breath that one was forthcoming by then or will ever materialize.
In fact, quite apart from the health concerns addressed by § 265, Senators Sinema and Kelly make it clear in their letter that “chaos at the border in a post-Title 42 scenario [would] also negatively affect… migrants’ safety and could further strain an already overwhelmed health care system at the border. DHS must ensure their process at the border prioritizes the health, safety, and security of our border communities and prevents a humanitarian crisis that would harm migrants.” (Emphasis added)
Translation: if the § 265 protocols are terminated, perhaps as many as 18,000 illegal aliens per day may be expected to pour into the country, likely never to be bothered again if an indifferent Goofball administration has any say in the matter…, as long as they get a driver’s license and register to vote as a Democrat. Yet another reason to kick the Democrats out of office…, and by that, your humble servant means all offices, without exception …, if you get the drift.
When two Democrat Senators articulate serious concerns over the termination of policies used by President Trump to moderate, but not even halt, the illegal invasion of the nation by aliens from across the globe, it is a safe bet that the problem is real rather than imaginary or concocted.
It is beyond ironic that the Goofball would ignore and disregard the concerns of Arizona Democrat Senators Sinema and Kelly with respect to the “chaos at the border in a post-Title 42 [sic] scenario” while simultaneously expecting them to “toe the line” regarding his nominee for the Supreme Court, Ketanji (“Woman-what’s-that?”) Brown-Jackson. But again, “foolish consistency is the Hobgoblin of small minds.”
If Sinema and Kelly truly had the interests of their Arizona constituents in mind, they might consider playing a little hardball with the Goof by telling him they would announce their final positions on Jackson’s nomination after the concerns in their letter to him are addressed and resolved…, say…, on May 24, 2022.