| Two deportation flights operated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement departed Brownsville, Tex., on Friday, but many families were abruptly removed from passenger manifests after testing positive for the coronavirus or having been exposed to an infected person, Department of Homeland Security officials said.
The spread of the virus's delta variant in Texas and along the southern U.S. border has intensified pressure on the administration to ramp up enforcement. | 
