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Republicans are investigating whether Biden plans to use Amtrak to transport illegal aliens for immigration

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House Republicans question whether President Biden and administration officials plan to use Amtrak to transport illegal aliens from parts of the U.S.-Mexico border. 

Nineteen Republicans on the House Transportation Committee said that Biden had been granted Title 42, a pandemic emergency order to expel illegal immigrants at the border. Eager to end it, he says the public deserves an answer on how the White House plans. Deal with the surge in immigration. 

"We are concerned about the impact of a significant border surge on services and the potential use of Amtrak in the administration's response to a self-made border crisis," the panel said. wrote in a letter to Amtrak and administrative officials on Wednesday. 

Republicans in particular fear that the White House will use Amtrak to move immigrants from one section of the U.S.-Mexico border to another when immigration checkpoints are flooded with new arrivals.

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The Amtrak logo is seen on a train at Union Station in Washington, D.C., on April 22, 2022.

Seen on a train at Union Station in Washington, D.C. on April 22. STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)))

It will disrupt freight traffic that could cause it,” the lawmaker wrote. It would also "disproportionately use taxpayer money and resources to support the mass movement of illegal immigrants into American communities." 

A Republican member of the Transportation Commission has requested a briefing on possible discussions on the topic between Amtrak officials and the White House.  

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reported on Monday that there were 199,976 immigrant encounters in July, up from 199,976 for the current financial year. announced a total of 1,946,000 so far. meet. Last year, CBP encountered more than 1.7 million migrants illegally attempting to cross the border. 

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A burgeoning crisis is putting undue pressure on immigration checkpoints in the southern United States. Many fear the crisis will worsen if the Biden administration succeeds in scrapping Title 42. 

Biden canceled his order earlier this year, arguing it was no longer needed because the coronavirus has receded.A federal judge blocked the move, prompting court on the topic. started the struggle. 

A Border Patrol agent walks between a gap along the border wall between the US and Mexico in Yuma, Arizona on June 1, 2022.

Border Patrol Walks Through the Gap 2022 Along the U.S.-Mexico border wall in Yuma, Arizona, June 1, 2016.(Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

But legal experts said the government would eventually withdraw the order. I believe you will succeed. The repeal of Title 42 would lead to an increase in illegal immigration, even by White's own House estimates.

The Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies have prepared for such an outcome. In April, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas released a memorandum outlining a "government-wide plan" to address the proliferation of checkpoints at the US-Mexico border. 

"When the Title 42 Public Health Order is lifted, we expect immigration levels to increase as smugglers seek to exploit vulnerable immigrants for profit." he writes Mayorkas. 

President Biden speaks about inflation and supply chain issues in Los Angeles. 

President Biden calls inflation and supply his Los Angeles issue talking about chains.  (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

DHS and other agencies are adding additional We are proposing to deploy personnel to assist in processing. immigration. 

Plans to use U.S. Marshall Service planes and Department of Justice Prisons Service buses to transport immigrants who flooded the immigration checkpoint to other parts of the border For processing that has also emerged. 

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ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION We are looking at Amtrak to help transport . Publicly owned passenger rail companies operate routes along the U.S.-Mexico border that stop directly at immigration checkpoint cities such as Del Rio, Texas and Yuma, Arizona. 

Neither the White House, Amtrak nor DHS responded to requests for comment on this story.