I have gotten the vax, you dumb shithead. Biden is letting thousands of illegals into our country with no testing or vaxing. 20% of them (according to CDC) are covid positive. WTF is going on?
you are a liar-
epublican Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma recently visited a border detention center in Donna, Texas and posted a video on Twitter with some claims:
“We have a large percentage of folks here that are COVID positive,” Lankford said. “But they’re not tested here for several days. So, they’re literally spreading it all around. And they’re released into HHS custody and into the rest of the country.”
On the veracity of those claims
PolitiFact found there is no definitive answer available since there are different categories of migrants being tested at different times and by varying groups across the border.
But back in March, the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency told lawmakers that the positivity rates for people coming across the border at the time was less than 6%. For some comparison, the average positivity rate in Texas was above 7% at that time.
On testing migrants for COVID-19 and who is doing it
Immigration authorities said they are working with state and local authorities and non-governmental groups to make sure that all migrants are tested “at some point during their immigration journey.”
Federal health officials say that the many unaccompanied minors who have arrived are tested every three days — those who test positive are isolated from the rest.
Customs and Border Protection personnel do initial checks for symptoms, and they consult with onsite medical staff. People who are presumed to be sick are sent to local health systems for testing, diagnosis and treatment, according to immigration officials.
Cities, counties and nonprofits handle the vast majority of the testing and any subsequent isolation.
On the work of nonprofit groups
One example of what nonprofits do is the Jewish Family Service of San Diego. They help asylum-seekers reunite with their families in California and around the country.
They told PolitiFact that many of these people who have had to remain in Mexico are being tested for COVID-19 in that country. Then they are tested again in the United States and remain in hotel rooms while awaiting results.
https://www.capradio.org/articles/20...uthern-border/