Texas-The Biden administration appears to have abandoned its effort to ensure all migrants apprehended by immigration authorities are inoculated against COVID-19, just a month after the White House said vaccines would be mandatory.
The initial vaccination plan was widely seen as President Joe Biden's response to critics who allege his administration acted hypocritically when it implemented employer-based vaccine mandates without similar conditions for migrants who wish to enter the country.
Scrapping that vaccination plan comes as DHS officials prepare for a surge in migrants following Biden's repeal of Title 42-a federal law that allows for the accelerated removal of migrants during a public health crisis-and as his Department of Justice fights in court to maintain a transportation mask mandate.
"We push migrants to take it and say, 'Look, you can't go anywhere without one.' But, you know, it's up to them really."
Last month, the White House announced a policy expanding vaccinations of migrants of the southern border.
"Beginning March 28, 2022, DHS expanded those efforts to cover migrants in CBP custody, so as to further safeguard public health and ensure the safety of border communities, the workforce, and migrants."
CBP has also not implemented COVID-19 testing policy for migrants, even though a September 2021 DHS inspector general report blasted the Biden administration for putting "Its workforce, support staff, communities, and migrants at greater risk of contracting the virus." That lack of policy means the burden falls on charities, such as Pimentel's, to provide COVID-19 tests.
https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/biden-gives-up-on-mandatory-vaccines-for-migrants/
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