Talk about conflicting reports.. Or is this just another wag the dog, ploy?? I'm betting on #2..

Lynda

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UK News paper

'The border is CLOSED': Biden's DHS Secretary insists crisis is under control and migrants - except lone children - ARE being expelled as he repeatedly blames Trump for 'dismantling safe and orderly immigration processes'

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Sunday: 'The border is closed'

De detailed: 'We are expelling families. We are expelling single adults'

But Mayorkas said the administration is committed to not expelling unaccompanied minors arriving at the southern border

'We've made a decision we will not expel young, vulnerable children,' he said

His comments come as the number of migrant children in U.S. custody surpassed 15,000 as of Saturday

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By Katelyn Caralle, U.S. Political Reporter and Adam Schrader For Dailymail.Com

Published: 09:56 EDT, 21 March 2021

Joe Biden's Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas sent a clear message to migrants on Sunday: The U.S. border is closed.

'Our message has been straightforward and simple, and it's true – The border is closed. We are expelling families. We are expelling single adults,' Mayorkas told NBC's 'Meet the Press' on Sunday morning.

'I think we are executing on our plans and, quite frankly, when we are finished doing so, the American public will look back on this and say we secured our border and we upheld our values and our principles as a nation,' he added.

Mayorkas said that the administration, however, is committed to not turning away unaccompanied minors who arrive at the U.S. border.

'We've made a decision that we will not expel young, vulnerable children,' Mayorkas told NBC host Chuck Todd.

Customs and Border Protection is now considering a plan to release migrants who crossed the border illegally without first giving them a court date to reappear.

A senior CBP source told Fox News that Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley Sector are considering releasing migrants into the United States without an official Notice to Appear, a process that normally takes hours for each individual or family.

The move means migrants who crossed the border illegally would be released from custody into the United States - and it would place the responsibility of returning for an asylum hearing on the migrants themselves, through Immigration and Customs Enforcement or legal assistance, Fox News reported.

As this information came to light and the press continued to be blocked from gaining access to detention facilities, reports emerged that Border Patrol agents were issued a gag order on what they can share with the media.

Mayorkas claims these reports are not rooted in reality.