It's not new for the federal government to fly immigrants around the country. The vast majority of people are unaccompanied minors requesting asylum being released from federal custody.
Mexican nationals ordered for deportation from the United States travel on domestic flights from various U.S. cities to southern cities such as San Diego, California and Brownsville, Texas, and are then bused to the U.S.-Mexico border for removal at a land port of entry, ICENeither ICE nor the Health and Human Services Department responded to requests for comment for this fact-check.
The White House cited one of several statements it has made in response to such claims. A reporter on Oct. 19 asked White House press secretary Jen Psaki:"Why is the administration flying thousands of migrants from the border to Florida and New York in the middle of the night?":"It is our legal responsibility to safely care for unaccompanied children until they swiftly — can be swiftly unified with a parent or a vetted sponsor.
"As a part of the unification process, our Office of Refugee Resettlement facilitates travel for children in its custody to their families or sponsors across the country. So, in recent weeks, unaccompanied children passed through the Westchester airport, which I think is what you’re referring to, en route to their final destination to be unified with their parents or a vetted sponsor.
"It’s no surprise that kids can be seen traveling through states, not just New York. It’s something that we’re also working to unite children with their family members or vetted sponsors in other parts of the country as well."Kistner, an ex-Marine, is running against Democratic Rep. Angie Craig, who was first elected in 2018 to the
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