Social media users focused on how the governor’s response triggered the public health threat. Author Grant Stern
tweeted: “The worst part about the triumphalism of Ron #DeathSantis is that he’s exporting COVID-19 infections all over the country so those cases aren’t in the Florida stats that he wants to (celebrate), which are hideously bad already." Florida has had more than two million COVID-19 cases and 32,712 deaths, according to
The New York Times. Attorney Aaron Parnas
tweeted: "Ron DeSantis is at fault for the madness on Miami Beach. But for his dangerous rhetoric and incompetent leadership, we would not be here today. It is time to Remove Ron."
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Good luck on the campaign trail Ron.
Ron simply is following the lead of Xiden....Xiden isn't testing illegals as they are caught, then he is releasing them to go any and everywhere across the country....if it's good enough for Xiden and illegals...why can't Americans go have some fun on the beach? and American businesses get some much need economic boast?
& now for the truth:
FEMA chief says COVID-19 positivity rate among migrants is less than 6%, lower than Texas average
By Nicole Sganga
March 16, 2021 / 5:11 PM / CBS News
Washington — The acting head of the Federal Emergency Agency (FEMA) told lawmakers on Tuesday that less than 6% of COVID-19 tests for migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border have come back positive, a lower percentage than the overall positivity rate in the state of Texas.
"There's testing happening," Acting Administrator Robert Fenton told lawmakers at a hearing before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security. "What we're seeing is less than 6% positive right now, coming across the border."
Fenton's comments come as Texas Governor Greg Abbott and GOP lawmakers have expressed concerns that migrants are spreading the virus to the general public. However, the rate of infection among migrants tested at the border is lower than that of the state overall. As of Tuesday, the seven-day average of the state's positivity rate stood at 7.4%, according to
Johns Hopkins University.
FEMA chief says COVID-19 positivity rate among migrants is less than 6%, lower than Texas average
I am not sure how these recent test by FEMA prove me wrong?
Gov. Greg Abbott snapped back at President Joe Biden after Biden called the loosening of coronavirus restrictions in Texas “Neanderthal thinking.”
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As many as 100 asylum seekers are being released in Brownsville, in South Texas, each day, but they are tested for coronavirus in Mexico by the United Nations and, again, once they arrive in Brownsville.
The asylum seekers, who were previously waiting in Mexico under the Trump administration’s “remain in Mexico” policy, cannot enter the United States without a negative coronavirus test.
But, 108 migrants released in the past month in Brownsville tested positive for COVID-19, according to Rep. Henry Cuellar. Those are families traveling with young children who were detained by Border Patrol but released into Texas because Mexico won’t take them back.
Border Patrol doesn’t have the resources to test those families, so the City of Brownsville uses state-provided rapid tests.
While non-profit organizations offer hotel rooms to those who test positive for coronavirus to quarantine, the City of Brownsville can’t stop those families from traveling elsewhere.
“They are issued papers by (the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security) that allows them to travel north of the checkpoint,” said Sandra Sanchez, a journalist with
Border Report. “It’s unclear how many people have actually gotten onto public transportation.”
The recommendations and protocols for coronavirus testing on migrants entering the United States -- particularly at the Southern border -- are coming under scrutiny as a wave of migrants makes its way toward the U.S. hoping for friendly treatment by the Biden administration.
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Biden admin pressed on enforcing COVID-19 tests as more migrants test positive