4.21 NSA Title 42 Letter

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The letter is addressing keeping Title 42 authority intact to help stop the flow of undocumented immigrants across the southern border during the pandemic and protect Americans from COVID and other diseases. It notes that Title 42 is the last policy provision helping to curb border crossings.

The letter is addressing keeping Title 42 authority intact, which allows for the return of undocumented immigrants to their home countries during the pandemic. It does not discuss other issues happening at the border like drug and human trafficking.

The letter is being signed by the National Sheriffs' Association, several state sheriff associations, and individual sheriffs from states along the southern border like Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, and California.

NATIONAL SHERIFFS’ ASSOCIATION

April 19, 2022

The Honorable Chuck Schumer The Honorable Mitch McConnell


322 Hart Building 317 Russell Building
Washington, D.C. 20510 Washington, D.C. 20510

Dear Leaders:

On behalf of the National Sheriffs Association and the Border Sheriffs of this Nation, we write
today to lend our voice to keeping Title 42 authority for Customs and Border officers intact. Title
42 is a public health authority used by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to protect against
the spread of communicable disease. The CDC is affirmatively seeking to rescind this policy on
May 23, 2022. Title 42 is the only policy provision left since January 2022 that helps to stop the
unhealthy (no COVID testing) border crossings by millions of illegal entrants to our Country.

We simply have no border left in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas or Southern California. The
Administration since day one, phased out remain in Mexico (overturned by courts), reversed
asylum restrictions, implemented 100 day pause on deportations and stopped building the barrier
which defines our border. Now, the Administration is ending one of our most effective health
measures, Title 42, which seeks to return illegal immigrants to their home country during this
pandemic. Today, there are thousands of immigrants in the jungles of the Darien gap headed to
the US border. We simply don’t know their health status and implore you to keep Title 42 as the
last policy we have to keep Americans safe from COVID and a host of other communicable
diseases carried by these immigrants.

We have already reached the million-illegal immigrant mark in just 6 short months. This letter
addresses Title 42 so we won’t speak about the amount of fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine,
ghost guns, ammunition and other deadly substances flowing across our border at this very
moment.

We the undersigned Sheriffs call for the Congress to keep Title 42 and help save American lives.

Respectfully,

Jonathan F. Thompson
Executive Director/CEO

1450 Duke St. • Alexandria, VA 22314 • 703.836.7827 phone • 703.683.6541 fax • www.sheriffs.org • [email protected]
State Sheriff Associations:
Florida Sheriffs Association
Idaho Sheriffs’ Association
Illinois Sheriffs’ Association
New York Sheriffs’ Association
Oregon State Sheriffs’ Association
Southwestern Border Sheriffs’ Coalition
Texas Border Sheriffs’ Coalition
Western States Sheriffs’ Association
Arizona Maryland
Sheriff David Clouse, Navajo County Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler, Harford County
Sheriff Mark Dannels, Cochise County
Sheriff Joseph Dedman, Jr., Apache County Massachusetts
Sheriff David Rhodes, Yavapai County Sheriff Tom Hodgson, Bristol County
Sheriff Leon Wilmont, Yuma County
Missouri
Colorado Sheriff Brad Cole, Christian County
Sheriff Brett Schroetlin, Grand County
Nevada
Florida Sheriff Mike Allen, Humboldt County
Sheriff Kevin Rambosk, Collier County Sheriff Jesse Watts, Eureka County

Idaho New Mexico


Sheriff Kieran Donahue, Canyon County Sheriff David Black, Otero County
Sheriff Dave Kramer, Boundary County
New York
Illinois Sheriff Todd Baxter, Monroe County
Sheriff Ken Briley, Grundy County Sheriff Brooks Bigwarfe, St. Lawrence County
Sheriff Karl H. Groesch, Brown County Sheriff Ernest Cutting, Chenango County
Sheriff Shawn Kahl, Macoupin County Sheriff Richard J. Devlin, Jr., Otsego County
Sheriff Kerry Loncka, Henry County Sheriff Thomas Dougherty, Livingston County
Sheriff Trenton Masterson, Lawrence County Sheriff Carl DuBois, Orange County
Sheriff J. Derek Morgan, Wabash County Sheriff Michael J. Filicetti, Niagara County
Sheriff Michael Ringhausen, Jersey County Sheriff John Garcia, Erie County
Sheriff Wayne Strawn II, Marshall County Sheriff Richard Giardino, Fulton County
Sheriff Bennie Vick, Williamson County Sheriff David Harder, Broome County
Sheriff Richard Watson, St. Clair County Sheriff Mark Helms, Courtland County
Sheriff Don Hilton, Oswego County
Indiana Sheriff Todd Hood, Madison County
Sheriff Brett Clark, Hendricks County Sheriff Peter Kuminsky, Greene County
Sheriff Jamey Noel, Clark County Sheriff W. Timothy Luce, Seneca County
Sheriff Robert Maciol, Oneida County
Kansas Sheriff Kevin McConville, Putnam County
Sheriff Tim Morse, Jackson County Sheriff Robert Milby, Wayne County
Sheriff Jeffrey Richards, Franklin County Sheriff Kevin Mulverhill, Franklin County

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New York (continued) Texas
Sheriff Philip Povero, Ontario County Sheriff Roy Boyd, Goliad County
Sheriff James Quattrone, Chautauqua County Sheriff Danny C. Dominguez, Presidio County
Sheriff Gregory Rudolph, Wyoming County Sheriff Benny Martinez, Brooks County
Sheriff Patrick A. Russo, Rensselaer County Sheriff Jospeh Frank Martinez, Val Verde
Sheriff Brian Schenck, Cayuga County County
Sheriff Scott Scherer, Herkimer County Sheriff Jim Skinner, Collin County
Sheriff William Schrom, Chemung County Sheriff Donald G. Sowell, Grimes County
Sheriff William Sheron, Genesee County
Sheriff Jeffery T. Smith, Montgomery County
Sheriff Ronald Spike, Yates County
Sheriff Rickey Whitney, Allegany County
Sheriff Michael Zurlo, Saratoga County

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