Well, look at this. . .
President Biden is not only putting migrants in cages, he’s now breaking his administration’s COVID-19 restrictions as well:
NEW: @FoxNews has obtained exclusive new images from Border Patrol’s processing facility in Donna, TX, showing overcrowding once again. BP source tells FOX 5,300 people there as of Thursday. 40-60 per pod, when COVID restrictions are approx 10 per pod. https://t.co/6doLvNVN6b
— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) August 6, 2021
And as the president attacks Gov. Ron DeSantis for pointing out this issue, the problem gets worse and worse:
There have been many questions about the quarantining of COVID positive migrants in local hotels in the RGV by the Catholic charity. Officials yesterday conceded they do not have authority to enforce the quarantine, they can only ask the migrants to be responsible & stay inside.
— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) August 6, 2021
That’s why this charity is now using a tent:
That’s part of the reason why they say the emergency tent compound is a better option, and is making the best out of a bad situation. Here, they are grouped together, away from the public, where they can more easily be managed from a public health perspective. pic.twitter.com/TRorj6BpIq
— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) August 6, 2021
But where are the Feds?
Regardless, all of this is supposed to be the job of the federal government. Not a Catholic Charity, not the city of McAllen. But that job has now fallen to them, and their frustration with the Feds is very, very obvious.
— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) August 6, 2021
Local politicians, including Dems, are begging for help:
In a press conference at the non-federal holding site for COVID positive migrants in Mission, TX, the McAllen city manager said the situation in the RGV is a “crisis” because of the number of people crossing the border and asked the federal government for more help.
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) August 5, 2021
The Hidalgo County judge said that he’s “extremely disappointed” that not only have President Biden and Vice President Harris have ignored their invites to visit the area to see the border crisis, but also both of their offices have not responded to their calls for help.
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) August 5, 2021
Hidalgo County Judge Cortez, a Democrat, on the border crisis: "As you know I have invited the President to come here, to come and see what the federal government has done to us. They have overcommitted [to] a commitment they can't support." –> https://t.co/WiYsCptawa pic.twitter.com/FHwCUMbSP9
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) August 6, 2021
Oh, and when the migrants test negative “they are free to go”:
Once the migrants test negative, they are free to go and can travel elsewhere into the United States. This is a line of family members & sponsors who are waiting to pick migrants up outside the park. So far we’ve talked to people taking them to Louisiana & Houston. @FoxNews pic.twitter.com/oDLXAa7AMs
— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) August 6, 2021
Sigh.
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