Is our border crisis contributing to the spread of Covid-19 in the US?

Is anyone concerned that these illegal aliens are potentially increasing the risk of spreading Covid in the US?

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Border crisis shows no sign of slowing as migrants pour in; former officials slam ‘national embarrassment'


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The crisis at the southern border is showing no sign of slowing, with a continued surge of migrants pouring into the U.S. -- with one former Homeland Security official calling the situation a "national embarrassment."

There were more than 188,000 migrant encounters at the southern border in June, and that number looks set to rise significantly in July. The Associated Press is reporting that preliminary data show more than 210,000 migrant encounters in July. For comparison, there were just over 40,000 apprehensions in July 2020, and 81,000 in July 2019.

Should the numbers even be close to the 210,000 figure, it would be yet another significant blow to the Biden administration’s credibility in handling the crisis at the southern border -- which Republicans, former Trump officials and even some Democrats have blamed on the Biden administration’s immigration policies.

The administration ended Trump-era policies that kept migrants out of the country, like the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), which kept migrants in Mexico until their hearings were completed. It also ended the asylum cooperative agreements with Northern Triangle countries and ended border wall construction.

On interior enforcement, it has narrowed enforcement priorities for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and has called for amnesty for illegal immigrants already in the country.

The Biden administration has also not been applying Title 42 public health protections, which allow for the rapid expulsion of migrants, to unaccompanied children and only some migrant families. In June, the U.S. saw a 25% increase in apprehensions of migrant family units. Out of 55,000 units apprehended, fewer than 9,000 were expelled via Title 42.

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Fox News has reported how a bus station in McAllen, Texas, is being overrun with migrants who are dropped off by the busload and given bus tickets to wherever they want to go in the U.S. as the Biden administration’s policy has focused on quickly processing and releasing migrants into the interior.

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Many of those being processed into the U.S. are not being given notices to appear in court, being instead given notices only to report to their local Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) offices when they arrive at their destinations. And with numbers rising, Republicans and former officials have accused the Biden administration of breaking the immigration system entirely.

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I imagine that these cages that are being used to hold the underaged migrants are forcing everyone in closer quarters and increasing the spread before they are bussed to various cities across the country.