Illegal Alien COVID Screening Must Not Be ‘Different Issue’!
Townhall.com ^ | December 4, 2021 | Matthew Tragessor
This week, White House COVID-19 response leader Dr. Anthony Fauci could not answer why the Omicron variant screening process for individuals arriving lawfully to the United States is different than the process for those arriving unlawfully at the southern border. Fauci claimed it was a “different issue.” Why he views these two groups differently is unclear, but what is clear is that COVID remains rampant at the southern border with virtually non-existent mitigation protocols in place. Should Dr. Fauci and the Biden administration want to protect the public health interests of Americans (as the administration has recently stated) they must also consider revamping its southern border COVID protocols and treat all foreign nationals—whether arriving lawfully or unlawfully—as one.
President Biden and his administration have shown that travel bans can be effective in mitigating the spread of COVID-19. Besides the latest African travel ban, the Biden administration placed prior travel bans on most European countries, Brazil, China, India, Iran, and South Africa due to concerns over the disease.
And so, if it can bar people from entering the country legally due to public health concerns, barring those who enter our southern border unlawfully should be a no-brainer— especially if they are coming from high risk countries and arriving in high risk circumstances. This concept can be accomplished by maintaining the Migrant Protection Protocol (MPP) program, or issuing memorandums that do not allow for the wholesale release of illegal aliens into the country.
Clamping down on illegal entries would protect the interests of Americans but also migrants as they would not jeopardize their time, money, and well-being from taking the dangerous trek to the U.S.-Mexico border.
By calling illegal alien COVID screening at the southern border a “different issue,” Dr. Fauci minimized the significance of the disease threat in the region. Data and testimony reveal that COVID remains a serious concern among illegal aliens at the U.S.-Mexico border and they cannot be treated differently than those arriving lawfully to our country. Should Dr. Fauci and the Biden administration seek to protect the health and well-being of American citizens amid this global pandemic, they must look to revamp its southern border public health protocols and acknowledge that the disease does not discriminate.
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Time to renounce citizenship and identify as a “migrant”?