Bill Melugin of Fox Los Angeles is a must-follow if you have any interest in what’s going on at the border. Over the past few days, he’s posted video of an “absolutely massive” group of hundreds of migrants arriving at the border fence in Del Rio, Texas.
On Tuesday, Melugin posted a public health announcement released by the La Joya Police Department. In short, an officer was waved down by a citizen who observed an unmasked family at a Whataburger restaurant coughing and sneezing. “The Officer approached the family and was told by them that they had been apprehended by Border Patrol days prior and were released because they were sick with Covid-19.”
**NEW**: After an incident at a Whataburger, police in La Joya, TX say they’ve learned illegal immigrants who test positive for COVID-19 are being released from federal custody to a local Catholic charity in the RGV which then places them in local hotels without notice. @FoxNews pic.twitter.com/cOx4yR5Wiw
— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) July 27, 2021
The bulletin goes on to say that “people being detained by Border Patrol that showed symptoms of illness or were positive for Covid-19 were being quarantined by the agency and then later they were given custody to Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley to be placed in hotels in the McAllen area as well as La Joya.”
FOX News has reached out to the charity and is waiting to hear back. On Saturday morning, our crew in the RGV shot video of Border Patrol dropping off dozens of migrants at the charity in downtown McAllen. pic.twitter.com/NjPDCGbkkT
— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) July 27, 2021
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A local journalist in the RGV reports that one local politician, the Hidalgo County Judge, has released a statement on this. https://t.co/ABogZuUsca
— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) July 27, 2021
I thought travel was restricted?
— N8 Dawg (@MannyLegace341) July 27, 2021
Finally. Some desperately-needed journalism on the migrant story. Thank you.
— Lisa Roatch (@lisa_roatch) July 27, 2021
This is biological warfare and is a war crime. END OF STORY.
— Okie Bum (@DirtyNastyLeg10) July 27, 2021
WTF
— IMMUNO COMPETENT (@ErlingStu) July 27, 2021
Sounds about right.
— IrishIWasDrinking (@gtershel) July 27, 2021
Which charity, as I note my diocese was really strict about masks, and sacraments, and canceling stuff.
— ArmaliteAR-180B 🇻🇦 (@ArSpade) July 27, 2021
Can't take anything serious any longer with this out of hand crisis.
— Wethepeople (@jcgila) July 27, 2021
I don’t understand why our border is open as COVID-19 and the variant continues to escalate — what’s happening at the border is unbelievable it’s being allowed for Covid to spread in our communities makes zero sense
— marietweetss🏌🏻♀️🇺🇸🇮🇱 (@marietweetss) July 27, 2021
Joe Biden is extracting more young migrants from Central America. What is a chaotic Hunger Games trail of loans, coyotes, cartels, rape, rescuers, and the entire illegal immigration process is an absolute human Petri dish opportunity for the transmission of the coronavirus.
— Matthew A Newgarden (@a_newgarden) July 27, 2021
And as Melugin has reported, they’re not even all from Central America, which is where Vice President Kamala Harris was supposed to address the “root causes” of migration (like climate change and LGBTQ discrimination). Hundreds say they’re from Haiti, while others come from all around the world. They know if they can make it to Mexico first they can walk into the United States.
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‘Are they vaccinated yet?’ Axios reports that about 50K migrants have been released in the US without a court date, and what could possibly go wrong? https://t.co/MVPv3Ab1Gd
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 27, 2021
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