• 4 months ago
At a press briefing on Wednesday, Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas was asked about the removal of migrants who 'manifested fear'.

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00:00for doing this. So you said you comply, but there's reports of migrants in return to go
00:10who being returned to to make migrants being put in an expedited removal to Mexico that
00:17said they manifested fear, but that fear wasn't heard. And it's not one is many cases. What
00:25do you have to say about that? Um, our agents and officers, not only in the United States
00:32Border Patrol, but in U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services across the enforcement
00:38agencies and the humanitarian relief agencies that are part of the Department of Homeland
00:42Security are well trained in identifying individuals who manifest fear, whether they vocalized
00:51that manifestation or whether there are signs physically of fear. They are well trained
00:56in experts. They follow the guidelines that we have provided to them. Individual who does
01:02not establish a basis to remain in the United States will, in fact, be removed. We are enforcing
01:08the law.

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