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In Texas' Rio Grande Valley, undocumented people were wrongly denied vaccines
NBC News / Comcast ^ | February 26, 2021 | By Suzanne Gamboa

Posted on 02/27/2021 3:32:51 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

For weeks, the staff and CEO of Proyecto Juan Diego, a nonprofit that serves families in south Texas, have worked to overcome doubts about Covid-19 vaccines among community members, including many who are undocumented.

But as news circulated that non-U.S. citizens were turned away at University of Texas Health Rio Grande Valley vaccination sites because they did not have legal status, their work became that much more difficult, said CEO Danielle Salgado.

“It concerns us because we are seeking to ensure our communities are safe, and we are promoting getting their vaccines, and it’s a great big barrier when people aren’t able to get their vaccines ... just purely based on their immigration status,” she said.

Although there have been attempts to deny vaccinations to people without legal documentation, the federal government has made clear that vaccines should be provided to all who are eligible, regardless of immigration status.

The UT Health Rio Grande Valley, with campuses on the U.S.-Mexico border, was forced to apologize after Abraham Diaz tweeted on Feb. 20 that his father was denied a vaccination because he was undocumented.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: border; ccp; illegalaliens; immigration; invasion; vaccine
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1 posted on 02/27/2021 3:32:51 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Forget it, Jake, it’s NBC Nuz


2 posted on 02/27/2021 3:39:36 AM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

AND hand them a stimulus check while they are there too.

How dare you think citizens should be first for ANYTHING!

/s


3 posted on 02/27/2021 3:40:18 AM PST by Adder ("Can you be more stupid?" is a question, not a challenge.)
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To: martin_fierro

ChiComcast.


4 posted on 02/27/2021 3:42:08 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds. )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“For weeks, the staff and CEO of Proyecto Juan Diego, a nonprofit that serves families in south Texas, have worked to overcome doubts about Covid-19 vaccines among community members, including many who are undocumented.”

...us Texans ask ourselves why we allow Proyecto, clearly a CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION, to operate in our state.


5 posted on 02/27/2021 3:48:30 AM PST by BobL
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Future votes for 2022 and beyond.


6 posted on 02/27/2021 3:49:07 AM PST by HighSierra5
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To: BobL

They need to wait out for the single dose J&J Vaccine.


7 posted on 02/27/2021 3:54:17 AM PST by cnsmom
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To: mewzilla

Fortunate for them, this may have very well saved their lives.


8 posted on 02/27/2021 4:08:18 AM PST by rovenstinez
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

If we enforced our immigration laws to begin with they would not be here and this problem would not exist. They would be looking to their own government for a vaccine.

See how simple that is?

Apparently democrats threw logic out the window 50 years ago when LBJ slithered into the oval office...I bet it took a week to mop up the slime trail after he left...


9 posted on 02/27/2021 4:19:12 AM PST by Paleo Pete (I survived the great Texas freeze out. I may not survive biden...)
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To: rovenstinez

Makes me wonder if they refused it and ChiComCast is flat out lying about why they weren’t vaccinated.


10 posted on 02/27/2021 4:19:56 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds. )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I hate to say this, but the US is going to be a s***hole in 20-30 years.
We’re already heading downhill fast.

There is nothing wrong with the land in Central America, South America, or Africa.


11 posted on 02/27/2021 4:29:47 AM PST by EEGator
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To: martin_fierro

This NBC “news” reporter should try crashing any other international border, then demand a covid vaccination. Heck she could try it with Canada, just for convenience sake. See how that works out.


12 posted on 02/27/2021 4:34:41 AM PST by BillyBonebrake
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Old Americans have trouble getting the vaccine, but invaders from South of the border should? That is wrong, unless they need further safety testing, then let the foreigners try it.
13 posted on 02/27/2021 4:36:01 AM PST by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Illegal aliens.


14 posted on 02/27/2021 4:36:39 AM PST by Vision (Elections are one day. Reject "Chicago" vote harvesting. Election Reform Now. Obama is an evildoer.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

They really do feel entitled to come here. I don’t understand the logic, but they do feel that way.


15 posted on 02/27/2021 4:58:45 AM PST by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
the federal government has made clear.

There you go, your god has spoken.. Hope to it.!!

16 posted on 02/27/2021 5:04:08 AM PST by unread (A REPUBLIC..! If you can keep it....)
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To: BobL

Target rich area?


17 posted on 02/27/2021 5:06:15 AM PST by NativeSon ( )
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To: bk1000

Why do these people want to come to a virulently racist, white supremacist nation? Don’t they know that the white man will enslave and abuse them? /sarc


18 posted on 02/27/2021 5:19:09 AM PST by nhbob1
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Liberals approve of turning away people who come from other states legally, but not people who come from other countries illegally? The left isn’t insane. They are evil.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/florida/articles/2021-01-21/florida-begins-to-restrict-covid-vaccine-to-state-residents


19 posted on 02/27/2021 5:37:03 AM PST by Pollster1 (America is no longer in Claire Wolfe's "awkward stage")
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To: PghBaldy

Exactly. Try to get the vaccine NOW if you are not a health care worker, first responder, teacher or under 65.

Most states haven’t gotten past the groups above to distribute it to any one who wants it.


20 posted on 02/27/2021 6:14:32 AM PST by Alas Babylon! ("You, the American people, are my only special interest." --President Donald J. Trump)
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