From ThePostMillennial.com…
A Texas mayor is calling migrant caravans headed to Austin and Houston a “public health crisis,” as they continue to travel without first receiving a COVID test. The migrants, mostly all families, were legally released by federal authorities to travel the US.
Laredo Mayor Pete Saenz said the city sent 200 migrants in charter buses to Austin and Houston. They provided them with PPE and masks, reported Valley Central.
Saenz expressed uncertainty whether local NGOs tested migrants upon arrival but noted that his officials notified emergency management coordinators when the buses were en route. “These migrants aren’t being tested. Border Patrol doesn’t test them,” he said.
“When you test, then if they’re positive, there’s an obligation there, or duty, to quarantine,” he said, “and that’s expensive, and the NGOs don’t really have that capacity here locally.” Saenz attributed the lack of infrastructure for testing and quarantining as the reasons why.
