{"id":23877,"date":"2020-11-17T12:52:50","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T17:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=23877"},"modified":"2020-11-17T12:52:50","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T17:52:50","slug":"biden-plan-impact-border-covid-cases-immigrationreform-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2020\/11\/17\/biden-plan-impact-border-covid-cases-immigrationreform-com\/","title":{"rendered":"The Biden Effect on COVID and the Border"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

President-elect Joe Biden warns of a \u201cvery dark winter\u201d<\/a> as the U.S. approaches 10 million coronavirus cases. His moves on immigration, however, threaten to super-spread COVID at the southern border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take El Paso<\/a>. Separated from Juarez, Mexico, by the Rio Grande, the two cities have become hotspots in the coronavirus epidemic. Amid sharply rising death tolls on both sides of the river, Juarez\u2019<\/a>s<\/a> mayor<\/a> has called for a temporary ban on Americans coming into his city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meantime, El Paso\u2019s coronavirus cases, and deaths, are spiking as northbound border traffic<\/a> into the city creeps toward pre-COVID levels. Encounters of illegal aliens by Border Patrol<\/a> officers are also on the rise throughout the southwest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More unhealthy indicators: Latin America<\/a> recorded the highest COVID caseload of any region on the planet this summer, accounting for more than one of every four cases worldwide. Among the 20 nations currently most affected by COVID-19, Mexico<\/a> has the highest case fatality rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For\nall his professed concern about the spread of COVID-19, Biden\u2019s mask slips as\nhe prepares to make America\u2019s southern border even more vulnerable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Democrat has widely criticized the Trump administration\u2019s use of Title 42<\/a>, which authorizes the immediate return of illegal aliens to Mexico. He has also condemned Migrant Protection Protocols<\/a>, which keep U.S. asylum seekers in Mexico under a negotiated safe third-country agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though Trump\u2019s expulsion policy is consistent with guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Biden\u2019s team<\/a> announced it will direct the agency to review the program. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As he looks for bureaucratic cover to collapse border enforcement, Biden has pledged a 100-day moratorium on deportations<\/a> and a return to porous catch-and-release<\/a> practices that embolden human traffickers who couldn\u2019t care less about communicable diseases. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is curious, to say the least, that Biden \u2013 who insists \u201cwe could save tens of thousands of lives if everyone would just wear a mask for the next few months\u201d<\/a> \u2013 is so oblivious to the threats at our southern border. Backtracking on enforcement policies in the face of a pandemic will bring even darker days than he fears. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

President-elect Joe Biden warns of a \u201cvery dark winter\u201d as the U.S. approaches 10 million coronavirus cases. His moves on immigration, however, threaten to super-spread COVID at the southern border. Take El Paso. Separated from Juarez, Mexico, by the Rio Grande, the two cities have become hotspots in the coronavirus epidemic. Amid sharply rising death<\/p>\n

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