DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas made a plea to migrants not to flood to the southern border and try to enter the U.S. illegally, saying that they will only be returned.
, facing a potentially historic migrant surge once the Title 42 public health order ends in less than a week, made a final plea for migrants not to attempt to cross into the U.S. illegally -- telling them they are being"deceived" by smugglers.
Mayorkas spoke in Brownsville, Texas alongside Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz just days before the Title 42 order will expire on Thursday. The public health order was implemented in March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and millions of migrants have been rapidly expelled back to Mexico under the order for public health reasons. In March, 46% of all encounters resulted in a Title 42 expulsion.
But he continued his claim that migrants who enter the U.S. illegally will be removed from the country, and pleaded with them not to try.
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