The detainee had been held at the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego and hospitalized since late April, a health department spokesperson said.

The protest outside an immigration holding centre in Surrey, B.C., was one of five that took place outside centres across the country Sunday.

President Alejandro Giammattei said 12 randomly selected people on the deportation flight tested positive for coronavirus when examined by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Trump confirmed he would invoke a statute allowing the surgeon general to block people or goods from certain countries or places to prevent the spread of communicable diseases.

The militia group has been accused of illegally detaining migrants at gunpoint near the U.S. border with Mexico.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said the rapper is a British citizen who entered the U.S. legally in July 2005 but overstayed his visa, which expired in July 2006.

Scheer said when he talks to new Canadians, they express frustration at how long it took them to be allowed into the country compared with people crossing the U.S. border.

The Drug Enforcement Administration says "only a small percentage" of heroin seized by U.S. authorities comes across on territory between ports of entry.

The group dug under a steel barrier in seven spots about 10 miles (16 kilometres) east of a border crossing in San Luis and made no effort to elude immigration agents. They included 176 children.

U.S. President Donald Trump will address the nation on Tuesday night, amid an ongoing dispute with Congress over funding for his border wall with Mexico.