WITH TITLE 42 EXPIRATION HOURS AWAY, SENATE DEMOCRATS BLOCK HAGERTY'S LEGISLATION TO STOP FENTANYL BORDER CROSSINGS FOR THE FOURTH TIME
May 11, 2023
May 11, 2023
WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on May 10, 2023:
United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) today--for the fourth time--sought to pass his "Stop Fentanyl Border Crossings Act," legislation that would add large-scale drug smuggling as an additional basis for Title 42 expedited removal immigration authority, but Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) blocked the legislation, despite that Title 42 is scheduled to expire tomorrow.< . . .
United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) today--for the fourth time--sought to pass his "Stop Fentanyl Border Crossings Act," legislation that would add large-scale drug smuggling as an additional basis for Title 42 expedited removal immigration authority, but Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) blocked the legislation, despite that Title 42 is scheduled to expire tomorrow.< . . .