# DHS lawyer calls third-country migrant removals an ‘essential public safety tool’

https://mins.news/en/item/71192

- ABC News, 2026-09-23 19:24 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://abcnews.com/US/removal-migrants-3rd-countries-essential-public-safety-tool/story?id=136684112

> The Department of Homeland Security’s general counsel says sending people who are in the U.S. illegally to a third country, rather than their country of origin, is an “essential public safety tool.”

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