Citing concerns over the continued spread of COVID-19, the Trump administration announced the indefinite extension of a CDC order which allows federal authorities at the U.S. border to immediately return unauthorized migrants to their home countries.
"The entire country has mobilized to save lives by limiting face-to-face contact and reserving medical andcare resources for those who need them most," CDC Director Robert Redfield wrote in the order."At a time when these domestic efforts are ongoing and effective, it would be counterproductive and dangerous to undermine those efforts by permitting the introduction of persons from outside the United States who pose a risk of transmission of COVID-19 within facilities or the U.S.
Of those attempting to cross into the U.S. since the order was enacted, border agents referred 59 migrants to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services for"expressing a fear of torture." USCIS rejected 54 of them and three cases remain pending. Only two people attempting to enter the U.S. have been allowed to continue their cases for humanitarian protections since the restrictions first went into effect in March, according to the Department of Homeland Security last week.
On a video conference with industry leaders, focused on U.S. supply chain protections, acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said the U.S. had been in talks with the governments of Canada and Mexico before the decision to extend non-essential travel limits was announced Tuesday.MORE: Trump administration to impose new restrictions at border, leaving asylum seekers in limbo
Application fees fund 97% of the USCIS budget, according to the agency. Last month, the the Trump administration announced a halt on certain types of new visa applications filed overseas.A vehicle enters a U.S. Border Patrol highway checkpoint on Aug. 1, 2018 in West Enfield, Maine.Corporate leaders on the web conference with Wolf on Tuesday refrained from making predictions about when they hoped to resume normal operations.
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