Migrants Crossing Texas Border Open Way for Covid, Drugs -

MIGRANTS CROSSING TEXAS BORDER. Migrants crossing into Texas are testing positive for Covid-19 at seven times the rates in the US. But only about 100 of the 500-800 daily border crossers are getting tested. Because the tide of migrants has become far too great for customs officials to handle.

Pastor Bill Reagan runs a migrant shelter in Harlingen, Texas called Loaves & Fishes. Unfortunately, the migrants are multiplying far faster than his food or shelter spaces. He says that customs officials should only release migrants into the US after they quarantine for 14 days. And only then if they test negative. “But I also understand they’re overwhelmed.”

Since Biden reinstated the Obama policy of catch-and-release, migrants have flooded the border. So they know that even if caught entering illegally, officials will release them into the US. And that they will find only a low percentage of migrants for processing a legal status.

Trafficking in drugs & people

In February alone, 100,441 migrants, including up to 9,500 unaccompanied minors, crossed the border. And that does not include countless migrants who escaped detection. Moreover, the crowding of non-social-distanced migrants means that they can easily catch Covid-19 from others. And the minors—and younger women—can too easily fall into the clutches of human traffickers.

In response, Gov. Greg Abbott is deploying the Texas National Guard and tactical units to the border. Their purpose: “to deny Mexican Cartels & smugglers the ability to move drugs & people into Texas.”

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