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Border Patrol Dumps Migrants — “Out of Sight, Out of Mind”

Bob Dane — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 17:34:22 +0000

The U.S. Border Patrol is daily releasing hundreds of illegal aliens into small communities across South Texas, posing a host of problems. “We don’t know what’s coming in, as far as health screening, diseases, COVID-19, affecting public health and safety,” says Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin. “It’s ludicrous that the federal government would put us in [...]

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Unlikely Alliances Continue to Exploit the Southern Border

Jason Pena — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 19:03:14 +0000

Over the past year, the escalating chaos at the southern border has raised concerns from the public. And rightfully so, as the current border crisis has led to a record number of illegal alien encounters and has resulted in adverse consequences for the American people. This crisis has also drawn attention to the flood of [...]

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The Biden Effect on COVID and the Border

Bob Dane — Tue, 17 Nov 2020 17:52:50 +0000

President-elect Joe Biden warns of a “very dark winter” as the U.S. approaches 10 million coronavirus cases. His moves on immigration, however, threaten to super-spread COVID at the southern border. Take El Paso. Separated from Juarez, Mexico, by the Rio Grande, the two cities have become hotspots in the coronavirus epidemic. Amid sharply rising death [...]

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Traffic From Mexico Blows Through U.S. Travel Restrictions

Bob Dane — Fri, 04 Sep 2020 16:57:56 +0000

President Donald Trump’s ban on “non-essential” border travel isn’t slowing down traffic coming from Mexico. Since the March 20 order was extended to Sept. 21, volumes have increased and sharply in some areas. San Ysidro, the busiest port of entry in California, saw a 72 percent rise in northbound pedestrian crossings from April to July. [...]

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Is Mexico’s COVID-19 Peak Spilling Over Into the U.S.?

Pawel Styrna — Fri, 24 Jul 2020 16:25:26 +0000

It has often been said, in particular by critics of border closures and travel restrictions during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, that “viruses don’t respect borders.” While there may be some validity to that assertion, in the most literal sense, it is difficult to deny that closing borders and limiting travel plays a role in limiting [...]

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COVID’s ‘Second Wave’ and Why the Southern Border is Still a Concern

Bob Dane — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 19:42:14 +0000

Texas is said to be experiencing a second wave of coronavirus infections, and reporters are looking everywhere for clues to the cause – everywhere except south of the border. COVID cases are rising again in Houston, Dallas and San Antonio. Border communities in the Rio Grande Valley are also seeing increases. One health official called [...]

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