GOP senators, led by Hagerty, re-introduce bill to expand Title 42 as order’s end approaches

Republican lawmakers led by Sen. Bill Hagerty are giving another push to legislation to rescue Title 42 from expiring at the beginning of next month on May 11.

The order has been in place since March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and will soon end on May 11 along with the public health emergency for the pandemic. Its looming end has renewed fears from lawmakers and officials that the end of the order will be followed by a fresh migrant surge at the southern border. Adam Shaw is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital, primarily covering immigration and border security.

Now, the GOP lawmakers are arguing that the order can be justified to help tackle the ongoing fentanyl crisis, which is responsible for the deaths of over 70,000 a year. The drug, which can be fatal in small doses, is smuggled across the U.S. land border after being produced in Mexico using Chinese precursors. He can be reached at adam.shaw2@fox.com or on Twitter.