DHS Sec. Mayorkas: ‘The Border Is Secure and the Border Is Not Open’

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MAYORKAS: "Congresswoman, the border is secure and the border is not open. We are expelling, under the CDC’s public health authority in light of the pandemic, single individuals who arrive at the border. We are expelling families, under that same public health authority, limited only by the capacity of Mexico to receive them. And we are not expelling children who arrive unaccompanied without a parent or legal guardian, and we are caring for their custody and their sheltering in HHS’ responsibility to place them with sponsors so they can proceed with their immigration proceedings and their claims for humanitarian relief under the laws of this country in a safe and orderly way."