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DHS fears up to 400,000 migrants - DOUBLE the 21-year record set in July - could cross border in October when COVID restrictions Trump used to stop surge from Mexico end, report claims
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - The Department of Homeland Security is worried that rolling back the Trump-era Title 42 policy would encourage more migrants to come to the border and send numbers surging in October
- Alejandro Mayorkas expressed the concern in a phone call with senior Homeland Security officials
- Title 42 is set to expire today after a lawsuit from immigration groups, but the White House appealed
- DHS announced Wednesday it will again try to end the Trump-era 'Remain in Mexico' policy
- Statement comes after a Texas federal court ruled in August the administration memorandum ending the Migrant Protection Protocols was unlawful
- 'A new memorandum terminating MPP will not take effect until the current injunction is lifted by court order,' the DHS press release reads
- The new order, it states, will address concerns raised by the court regarding the previous memorandum
Posted by: Skidmark 2021-10-01 |
