108 Illegal Immigrants Released by Border Patrol in Texas Tested Positive for COVID-19: Officials

By Epoch Times ——Bio and Archives--March 3, 2021

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More than 100 illegal immigrants released into Texas by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection have tested positive for the CCP virus, or the virus that causes COVID-19, since late January, officials said. Felipe Romero, a spokesperson for Brownsville, Texas, told Fox News that 108 migrants tested positive for the CCP virus since Jan. 25—when rapid testing for the virus began. That represents about 6.3 percent of the total undocumented migrants who were rapid-tested in Brownsville’s bus station, the official said.-- More...

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108 Illegal Immigrants Released by Border Patrol in Texas Tested Positive for COVID-19: Officials

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