For Europeans hoping to vacation in the United States anytime soon, a piece of advice: Entering through Laredo, Texas, might be easier than making it through JFK. Reuters reports that the Biden administration will require tourists to provide proof of vaccination to enter the country because it's the only way to safely boost the tourism industry.
The Texas border town of McAllen declared a local disaster this week after 1,500 of the 7,000 migrants released into the city by the Biden administration tested positive for COVID-19.
According to the assistant secretary for border and immigration policy, David Shahoulian, the rate of positive tests among migrants crossing the border has "Increased significantly in recent weeks." Those migrants are getting Border Patrol officers sick, Shahoulian said, leading "To increasing numbers of Customs and Border Protection personnel being isolated and hospitalized" even as vaccination rates increase for officers, suggesting some suffer from breakthrough infections.
The Biden administration's encouraging decision to delay the repeal of Title 42-which gives Border Patrol agents authority to immediately turn away most migrants-was an acknowledgment of how dire things have gotten, but it doesn't go far enough.
Biden asks American businesses to wait for a badly needed tourism boost while his border policy exacerbates the need for public-health restrictions.
The Biden White House has tried to pin growing COVID numbers on Republican governors who have ended restrictions in their states.
It turns out the southern border is the only place the Biden administration is relaxed about the threat posed by rising COVID numbers.
https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/the-biden-administrations-covid-double-standard/
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