Bill Won’t Let Biden Administration End Key Border Authority Unless National Emergency is Over

President Joe Biden delivers remarks in Washington on March 30, 2022. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

A group of Democrat and Republican senators on April 7 introduced a bill that if passed would not allow President Joe Biden’s administration to end the Title 42 emergency border order unless the president declares an end to the COVID-19 national emergency declaration.

Sens. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) and James Lankford (R-Okla.) are among the 11 senators behind the legislation.