{"id":23481,"date":"2020-08-13T13:38:07","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T17:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=23481"},"modified":"2020-08-13T13:38:09","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T17:38:09","slug":"border-control-deadliest-year-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2020\/08\/13\/border-control-deadliest-year-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID Takes a Deadly Toll on Border Patrol"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This\nyear is already the deadliest on record for U.S. Customs and Border Protection\n(CBP) personnel, due to COVID-19 and illegal aliens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The McAllen (Texas) Monitor<\/a> reported this month that 10 CBP officers have died since March as a result of contracting coronavirus. No other year had more than seven line-of-duty fatalities<\/a>, according to CBP records dating back to 2003.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mark Morgan, acting commissioner of CBP, warned that Illegal border crossers are \u201cputting every agent\u2019s life at risk.\u201d He said \u201cseveral hundred\u201d<\/a> CBP officers have tested positive for COVID after contacts with migrants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At an Aug. 6 teleconference<\/a>, Morgan said filthy stash houses and crowded tractor-trailers have become \u201cperfect incubators for COVID-19.\u201d \u201c[Illegal aliens are] traveling through COVID hotspots inside Mexico, a country whose COVID cases and deaths continue to rise. Even though some of the illegal aliens know, or highly suspect, that they have COVID, they\u2019re still coming.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In April, FAIR<\/a> reported that CBP was using expedited deportation procedures to return illegal border crossers back to Mexico in an average of 96 minutes. But Morgan noted that even fleeting contact \u201cendangers the lives of CBP personnel and their families. A single COVID illegal alien could infect hundreds of other illegal aliens, as well as our workforce.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for illegal aliens who evade\napprehension, Morgan said, \u201cThey don\u2019t just remain in the border towns and\ncities. It\u2019s not about migrants risking their lives any longer. It\u2019s way beyond\nthat. Now they\u2019re risking the lives of everyone they come in contact with.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of the contact\nhappens during CBP\u2019s humanitarian work. So far this fiscal year, CBP agents\nhave rescued more than 3,900 injured or incapacitated illegal aliens. While\ntreated at hospitals, at least 60 migrants tested positive for COVID, Morgan\nsaid. The number is probably higher, as the agency is not always notified of\nthe results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CBP chief concluded\nwith an appeal to anyone looking to enter the U.S. illegally: \u201cHeed the\nwarnings of your own countries with respect to travel restrictions. Heed the\nwarnings of the medical experts that are saying this is not appropriate\nbehavior. You\u2019re risking everybody\u2019s life.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Truer now than ever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This year is already the deadliest on record for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) personnel, due to COVID-19 and illegal aliens. The McAllen (Texas) Monitor reported this month that 10 CBP officers have died since March as a result of contracting coronavirus. No other year had more than seven line-of-duty fatalities, according to CBP<\/p>\n

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