Overwhelmed migrant center in Rio Grande Valley can't take newcomers

 Washington Examiner:

The largest migrant assistance organization in south Texas is shutting its doors to newcomers, unable to take in more migrants because of the record-high number of people coming over the border and being subsequently released into the United States.

This past week, Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley encountered more than 20,000 noncitizens illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. Unable to deal with the influx of people being released into downtown McAllen, Texas, Catholic Charities closed its humanitarian respite center. Migrants released from federal custody are normally allowed to wait in the respite center as they make travel plans to their final destinations across the country.

"The COVID-19 pandemic has caused many challenges across the country. The border communities face particular challenges because of the influx of migrants arriving every single day," Rep. Henry Cuellar, a Texas Democrat, announced in a statement late Monday.

Rather than testing migrants after they are released from Border Patrol facilities, the Border Patrol is now taking people directly from the border to a testing site in McAllen. Agents are finding high positive rates among some demographics, including children who arrive without a parent or guardian.

"[Twenty-seven percent] of the unaccompanied children deported this week tested positive for COVID-19 with Brownsville experiencing a 15% positivity rate," Cuellar said.

The top Border Patrol agent in south Texas, Brian Hastings, said more people are arriving at the border in mid-July than since the government's fiscal year began in October 2020, as temperatures peak in the triple digits.

A total of 330,000 migrants have been encountered in the Rio Grande Valley alone over the past 10 months, up 478% from the same time last year.

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At the same time Biden has opened the flood gates of migration into the country he is flummoxed by the resistance of some citizens to get the vaccine as he is pushing these sick people into American communities.   Biden's border policy are a disgrace and are tantamount to an impeachable offense.  The problem is that too many Democrats in Congress support these illegal policies.  These see these illegals as potential Democrat ovters and want to change voter integrity laws in a way to give them the vote.  

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