Posted on 07/28/2021 6:07:12 AM PDT by bitt
Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) is urging the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to prioritize the health and safety of border agents and border communities amidst a COVID-19 surge in the Rio Grande Valley. The migrant surge has resulted in the temporary shutdown of Catholic Charities, nearly 70 border agents testing positive for COVID-19 in the RGV sector, 17 border agents testing positive for COVID-19 in the Laredo sector, and 233 hospital beds occupied in the local area. Additionally, 27% of the unaccompanied children deported this week tested positive for COVID-19 with Brownsville experiencing a 15% positivity rate. Border Patrol is also sending immigrants directly to the McAllen COVID-19 testing site.
The high positivity rates and NGO shutdowns come as the Rio Grande Valley has seen a rush of migrants, a 478% increase in encounters in June 2021 compared to June 2020. This past week alone saw nearly 20,000 encounters in the Rio Grande Valley, adding to the over 1,000,000 total encounters thus far this year and 330,000 in the Rio Grande Valley sector
And after the arrests are they also ordered to assist in the release?
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