U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley spoke with KCII News about the ending of Title 42 and how it will impact Iowans. “Well, Iowa and the whole country is going to see a great influx of people crossing the Rio Grande, illegally entering the country. I think that, so I live in a little town called New Hartford; you live in Washington, Iowa; every town is a border town now with this increase in illegal immigration. Senator Ernst and I introduced a bill to give funding to states willing to finish the border wall. Because if you go down there and look at the wall that Trump put up, you can see it does keep people out of the country. Or if they are going to enter this country, they have to enter through areas where they can be searched.” Title 42 was created to address public health and social welfare and grants the government the ability to take emergency action in numerous ways, including to “stop the introduction of communicable diseases.” While the code has been in place for decades, it was used widely beginning in March 2020 in order to regulate border crossings under the premise of increased COVID-19 precautions.