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Homeland Security Using COVID Order to Fly Illegal Immigrants Into Mexico’s Interior
by Jack Phillips

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Friday confirmed it is using Title 42 to fly illegal immigrants from the U.S.-Mexico border into Mexico’s interior.

Title 42 is the COVID-19-related rule created under the Trump administration that can be invoked to expel single adults and some families who crossed the border illegally, allowing for the rapid deportation of illegal aliens due to the pandemic. The rule was extended last week by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

A spokesperson for the agency, which oversees Customs and Border Protection (CBP), told The Epoch Times that “as part of the United States’ mitigation efforts in response to the rise in COVID-19 cases due to the Delta variant, the Department of Homeland Security has begun to transport individuals expelled under Title 42 by plane to the Mexican interior.”

“DHS continues to expel the majority of single adults and, to the extent possible, families encountered at the Southwest Border as required by CDC Order under the CDC’s Title 42 public health authority,” the spokesperson added. “Following an assessment of the current status of the COVID-19 public health emergency, CDC replaced and superseded its prior orders on August 2, 2021.”

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