Acting ICE Director Mark Morgan says migrant family deportations are an option
CNNWashington CNN — Immigration and Customs Enforcement is exploring options to arrest and deport families who have gone through their legal proceedings and have been ordered to depart the US, new acting ICE Director Mark Morgan said on Tuesday. The operation under consideration would target migrants with a “final order of removal,” Morgan said. CNN first reported last month that the administration had been considering deporting migrant families with court-ordered removals in an attempt to “send a message” to smugglers, according to a senior administration official. Morgan added that there’s been an administration push for Mexico to become a “safe third country,” which the United Nations’ refugee agency defines, in part, as “being countries in which refugees can enjoy asylum without any danger.” Doing so, Morgan said, would “really mandate Mexico to step up and really do more of what I believe they should be doing.” In the interim, the acting ICE director repeatedly called on Congress to act.
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