U.S. Homeland Chief Warns of Strain If Migration Spikes
- Title 42 fast-track deportation policy could be lifted May 23
- U.S. preparing for several scenarios, Alejandro Mayorkas says
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer directs migrants seeking asylum into vans before transferring them to temporary shelters in Yuma, Arizona.
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The U.S. immigration system would come under intense pressure if the end of a fast-track deportation policy triggers a surge of as many as 18,000 migrants at the southern border, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Sunday.
“There is no question that if in fact we reach that number, that is going to be an extraordinary strain on our system,” Mayorkas said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “But we are preparing for it.”