Migrant families were unable to board their deportation flights to Central America after testing positive for COVID-19 or being exposed to someone with the virus, according to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials. The Biden administration scheduled the first expedited removal flight taking migrants who enter the U.S. illegally back to their home countries Friday, though several people weren’t allowed on the flight because of COVID-19 concerns, anonymous DHS officials told the Washington Post. The flights were reinstated after an increasing number of illegal migrants were encountered in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley, leading to calls for the administration to escalate enforcement actions in the region. “The expedited removal process is a lawful means to securely manage our border, and it is a step toward our broader aim to realize safe and orderly immigration processing,” the DHS said in a statement Friday. “By placing into expedited removal families who cannot be expelled under Title 42, …