Post by abbey1227 on Jul 31, 2021 14:28:22 GMT
Border security
Democratic congressman calls on Biden to put a 'pause' on border crisis, as COVID spikes in Texas
'They need to prioritize border communities,' Rep. Henry Cuellar told 'Your World' By Charles Creitz | Fox News
Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, joins 'Your World' to explain plea to Biden, DHS: 'There are people being released there that might have COVID-19.'
Texas Democratic Congressman Henry Cuellar sounded off Wednesday to Fox News amid dueling illegal immigration and pandemic crises in his border county district.
Cuellar, of Laredo, told "Your World" that he has been urging President Biden and the White House to take substantive action to curb thousands of illegal immigrants that are flooding across from Mexico week after week, many of them unvaccinated and untested for coronavirus.
He called on Biden to put a "pause" on accepting or releasing migrants who have been flowing across the Rio Grande in record numbers so that local and state officials can get a handle on the crisis.
"Last week in the lower Rio Grande Valley, [law enforcement] had over 20,000 encounters," the House Homeland Security Committee member said, adding that he spoke earlier in the day to officials in hard-hit La Joya, Texas.
Democratic congressman calls on Biden to put a 'pause' on border crisis, as COVID spikes in Texas
'They need to prioritize border communities,' Rep. Henry Cuellar told 'Your World' By Charles Creitz | Fox News
Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, joins 'Your World' to explain plea to Biden, DHS: 'There are people being released there that might have COVID-19.'
Texas Democratic Congressman Henry Cuellar sounded off Wednesday to Fox News amid dueling illegal immigration and pandemic crises in his border county district.
Cuellar, of Laredo, told "Your World" that he has been urging President Biden and the White House to take substantive action to curb thousands of illegal immigrants that are flooding across from Mexico week after week, many of them unvaccinated and untested for coronavirus.
He called on Biden to put a "pause" on accepting or releasing migrants who have been flowing across the Rio Grande in record numbers so that local and state officials can get a handle on the crisis.
"Last week in the lower Rio Grande Valley, [law enforcement] had over 20,000 encounters," the House Homeland Security Committee member said, adding that he spoke earlier in the day to officials in hard-hit La Joya, Texas.
Cuellar referenced the case of a motel in the city that is housing illegal immigrants brought there by a charity, despite some testing positive for coronavirus. Neither city officials nor law enforcement were notified by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security or the charity.
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