WASHINGTON, D.C. – A Trump administration official said Sunday that illegal border crossings have dropped by half as the strictest U.S.-Mexico border policies yet went into place amid the coronavirus pandemic, but there was confusion about how it was all working.
Anyone caught crossing the border illegally is to be immediately returned back to Mexico or Canada, according to the new restrictions based on an order from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention late Friday.
According to Mark Morgan, the acting head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the decision applies to all migrants. “We're not going to take you into our custody,” he said Sunday on Fox News. “We don't know anything about you.