Republican governors on Wednesday released a 10-point border security plan, calling on US President Joe Biden to consider several of his predecessor Donald Trump’s immigration policies to “protect America.” Texas Governor Greg Abbott hosted Republican state leaders near the US-Mexico border in Mission, Texas, on Wednesday morning to “discuss action we’re taking to secure our border & keep our communities safe,” according to a statement.

Shortly before Abbott blamed Joe Biden for causing “a humanitarian crisis and chaos at our border” at a press conference, the Republican Governors Association (RGA) released a list of 10 policy ideas that it said the Biden administration could “enact immediately,” Newsweek reported. The 10-point plan begins with a recommendation to continue enforcing Title 42, an order that former President Donald Trump’s administration invoked at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic for US-bound migrants. 

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The RGA also called for ending the “catch and release” strategy, deporting known criminals who enter the US illegally, cracking down on human and drug trafficking with federal help, and sending additional federal law enforcement officers to the border.

The governors recommended reinstating other policies established during Trump’s administration, including the Migrant Protection Protocols and agreements with Mexico and the “Northern Triangle” countries of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.

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In a tweet sharing the 10-point framework for addressing border issues, the RGA referenced a letter Abbott and the other Republicans who joined him in Texas on Wednesday sent Biden last month. The September 20 letter, which was signed by 26 Republican governors in all, requested a meeting with Biden to address what they referred to as a “national security crisis” at the border.

“We all agree,” Arizona Governor Doug Ducey tweeted from a meeting with his fellow Republican governors in Texas on Wednesday morning. “The federal government needs to do MORE to protect Americans.”