U.S. Government Toughens Attitude, Speeds Up Repatriation of Mexican Smugglers

U.S. President Joe Biden has overturned many of former President Trump‘s immigration policies, causing the number of illegal immigrants to rise sharply. The British media said on Saturday (20) that the Biden Administration turned to tough tactics to deal with a new wave of smuggling, including accelerating the deportation of illegal immigrant families to Mexico.

Reports say the Mexican state of Tamaulipas is refusing to accept deported illegal immigrant families with young children, but the U.S. side is still stepping up its actions, showing Washington’s hard-line attitude. Witnesses said that Texas law enforcement officials arrested illegal immigrants in Rio Grande Valley and took them to El Paso to be detained before sending them to the international bridge connecting the U.S. and Mexico for repatriation. Some refugees said they were woken up at night in the detention room by border agents and taken to the airport without being told their destination. There are also allegations that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has requested the use of aircraft to repatriate some of the illegal immigrants detained at the U.S.-Mexico border to the northern border area with Canada, reducing the pressure on the U.S.-Mexico border shelters.

The southwestern U.S. border is facing the largest influx of smugglers in 20 years, and as of last Thursday (18) CBP has detained more than 5,000 unaccompanied children, 600 of whom have been held for more than 10 days, exceeding the legal 72-hour limit.

CBP also confirmed that it has signed an $86.9 million ($678 million) short-term contract with a Texas-based nonprofit hotel services company to provide short-term shelter and New Coronavirus testing for 1,200 illegal aliens who have not been deported, unlike previous placement in private detention facilities. DHS Secretary Majorcas visited the U.S.-Mexico border with Republican and Democratic senators on Friday (19) to hear officials report on refugee shelters, but barred reporters from entering for interviews and was blasted for lack of transparency.