President-elect Donald J. Trump’s advisers have spent months trying to identify a disease that will help them build their case for closing the border.

US lawmakers voted Tuesday to expand pre-trial incarceration for foreign criminal suspects as a new Congress unified under Republican control works to deliver on Donald Trump's vow to crack down on illegal immigration.

President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is reportedly planning to reimplement Title 42, a border restriction used to block migrants from entering the United States due to public health concerns—but are still searching for the right disease to justify the policy.

The president-elect’s advisers have spent months searching for a disease that will allow them to justify closing the border using emergency health powers, The New York Times reports. Mr Trump apparently intends to invoke Title 42,

A mix of good-natured humor and horror took over social media Thursday after reports emerged that President-elect Donald Trump’s team has been on the hunt for a disease they can use as a springboard to seal the border.