{"id":1425980,"date":"2022-04-08T15:44:44","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T19:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1425980"},"modified":"2022-04-08T15:44:48","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T19:44:48","slug":"exclusive-sen-rubio-sends-biden-letter-slamming-decision-to-pull-title-42-enforce-covid-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-sen-rubio-sends-biden-letter-slamming-decision-to-pull-title-42-enforce-covid-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Rubio Sends Biden Letter Slamming Decision To Pull Title 42, Enforce COVID Policies"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexclusive-sen-rubio-sends-biden-letter-slamming-decision-to-pull-title-42-enforce-covid-policies%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1425980&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Republican Florida Sen. Marco Rubio sent a letter Friday to President Joe Biden expressing his concerns with the administration\u2019s decision to extend the federal travel mask mandate and lift Title 42 at the border.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Caller first obtained the letter to Biden in which Rubio mentioned his issues with the Biden administration\u2019s decision to end Title 42, a public health <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/05\/joe-biden-customs-and-border-protection-department-of-health-and-human-services-donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">measure<\/a> issued in response to the COVID-19 pandemic that allows the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to rapidly expel migrants on public health grounds.<\/p>\n<p>He also shared his confusion about the administration\u2019s decision to enforce a federal mask mandate on public transportation. Currently, in most states and cities, people can go into public indoor spaces without masks, but the CDC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/travelers\/face-masks-public-transportation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">has maintained<\/a>\u00a0its mask mandate for passengers on planes and public transportation.<\/p>\n<p>The Transportation Security Administration (TSA)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/03\/10\/1085739883\/mask-mandate-planes-trains-ferries-tsa-cdc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> in March that it would extend the current mask mandate for public transportation through April 18.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI write to express concern and confusion with your administration\u2019s recently announced policies relating to immigration and travel across the United States. Over just a few weeks, you and your Departments of Homeland Security (DHS) and Transportation (DOT) have conveyed to the American people incoherent, contradictory, and ultimately destructive priorities about the state of the COVID-19 pandemic, our border security, and safety across our nation\u2019s system of air travel,\u201d Rubio wrote in the letter.<\/p>\n<p>Border agents\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/01\/25\/customs-border-protection-illiegal-immigration-2-million-december\/\">encountered<\/a>\u00a0a record two million migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border in 2021. In fiscal 2021, they seized $3.31 billion in counterfeit goods, over 319,000\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/stats\/drug-seizure-statistics\">pounds<\/a>\u00a0of marijuana, over 190,000 pounds of methamphetamine and over 97,000 pounds of cocaine.\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/01\/democrats-speak-out-cdc-title-42-end\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Even Democrats Are Speaking Out Against The CDC Ending Title 42)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ THE LETTER HERE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View (DAILY CALLER OBTAINED) -- 04.08.22 SMR Biden Letter Re Border Flight COVID-19 Policies on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/568656008\/DAILY-CALLER-OBTAINED-04-08-22-SMR-Biden-Letter-Re-Border-Flight-COVID-19-Policies?secret_password=iJL5KGKZ9oXvD3FAEYQy#from_embed\">(DAILY CALLER OBTAINED) \u2014 04.08.22 SMR Biden Letter Re Border Flight COVID-19 Policies<\/a> by <a title=\"View Henry Rodgers&#039;s profile on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/user\/527927298\/Henry-Rodgers#from_embed\">Henry Rodgers<\/a> on Scribd<\/p>\n<p>Republican Wisconsin Rep. Glenn Grothman and a group of House Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/05\/house-republicans-glenn-grothman-letter-joe-biden-keep-title-42-briefings-cdc-dhs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sent<\/a> Biden a similar letter Tuesday, calling on him to reverse his administration\u2019s decision to lift Title 42 and asking for a briefing from government agencies.<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/05\/house-republicans-glenn-grothman-letter-joe-biden-keep-title-42-briefings-cdc-dhs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans Call On Biden To Keep Title 42 In Place, Call For Briefing From CDC, DHS)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Even some moderate Democrats are speaking out against the decision to end Title 42 such as Democratic New Hampshire Sen. Maggie Hassan. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/01\/senate-republicans-marco-rubio-letter-department-defense-woke-ideology-lloyd-austin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Senate Republicans Demand Answers Over DOD Program That Could Target Military Members Who Speak Out On \u2018Woke, Leftist Ideology\u2019)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnding Title 42 prematurely will likely lead to a migrant surge that the administration does not appear to be ready for. I\u2019ll keep pushing the administration to strengthen border security &#038; look forward to hearing directly from border agents during my upcoming trip to the border,\u201d Hassan <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenatorHassan\/status\/1509936999267983364\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted<\/a> April 1.<\/p>\n<p>The CDC\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/01\/cdc-title-42-end-may-23-border-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> April 1 that Title 42 will be terminated May 23.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI implore you and your administration to immediately recalibrate these priorities to be in line with those of the American people, who have made clear their support for securing the border, removing unscientific restrictions on domestic travel, and doing everything we can to get this country back to work,\u201d Rubio\u2019s letter to Biden concluded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Biden Administration can\u2019t seem to make up its mind about COVID,\u201d Rubio told the Daily Caller. \u201cAir travel is a public health risk, but shipping thousands of unvaccinated illegal immigrants to communities across the country apparently is not. It makes zero sense, it\u2019s confusing to the American people, and frankly, it\u2019s just stupid.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Florida Sen. 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