By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
The U.S. Border Patrol in Arizona is reverting to quick deportations to protect agents from the coronavirus.
In the past, many people who illegally crossed the border were incarcerated and prosecuted.
Now, agents are deporting undocumented immigrants in “a matter of minutes,” Border Patrol spokesman Daniel Hernandez tells Arizona Public Media.
Instead of arresting migrants, they receive masks and a background check in the field before they are returned to a port of entry and deported.
It wasn’t immediately clear who many people have been deported this way or whether any of the undocumented immigrants were infected with the coronavirus.
