108 Illegal Immigrants Released by Border Patrol in Texas Tested Positive for COVID-19: Officials
March 3, 2021
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More than 100 illegal immigrants released into Texas since late January by U.S. Border Patrol agents have tested positive for the CCP virus, which causes COVID-19, officials said. Felipe Romero, a spokesperson for Brownsville, Texas, told Fox News that 108 migrants tested positive for the CCP virus since Jan. 25—when rapid testing began. That represents about 6.3 percent of the total undocumented migrants who were rapid-tested at Brownsville's bus station, the official said. Officials at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the agency that oversees the Border Patrol, didn't immediately respond to a request by The Epoch Times for comment. Romero told Fox that the city doesn't have the authority to halt migrants who test positive for the virus from traveling anywhere else in the United States ... The migrants who test positive at the B-Metro facility are advised of quarantine procedures and are asked to socially distance," Romero also told Noticias Telemundo Investiga. Since the City started testing the migrants on January 25, there has been 6.3 percent of positive cases.
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The Cameron County positivity rate is 13.8 percent." Several illegal immigrants told Noticias Telemundo Investiga that they tested positive for the CCP virus after taking a rapid test in Brownsville, which is located near the U.S.-Mexico border. "We were tested for COVID and they separated about eight of us because we were positive,"...
Some illegal immigrants who told the network they had tested positive said they are planning to go to New Jersey, Maryland, and North Carolina. Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas), whose congressional district lies partially on the border, told Fox News this week that the surge of migrants along the border may turn into a full-fledged crisis. "The numbers have been increasing... and
the numbers are just increasing every day. The number of unaccompanied kids, the number of families who are coming in are just increasing every day. "In my district, just a couple of days ago: 166 people. And it goes on, and just different numbers are going up. The Democrat noted that his concern isn't just about the increase in migrants—but also the virus...
The fact they aren't letting Mexican legal visa holders come across, but they're letting undocumented people in ... Read more ...
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