But Cotton is wrong that Mr. Praying ‘free health care’ for immigrants without documents promised. A spokesman for Mr. Cotton said the senator was referring to the 2020 campaign, when Mr. Biden raises his hand after Democratic presidential candidates were asked during a 2019 debate whether their health care plans would provide unauthorized immigrants access to such care. But there is no question of ‘free’ healthcare. According to the plan of mr. Biden, the immigrants were able to purchase health care plans, including a proposed public option for exchanges instituted by the Affordable Care Act.
Mr. Cornyn’s reference to title 42 was also inaccurate. Although the Biden government decided not to expel escorted children, despite a court ruling allowing it, the expulsion of most border crossings continued with Title 42. In fact, out of the more than 100,000 encounters on the southwestern border in February led to 72,000 evictions.
What was said
‘When I spoke to the doctor to see when they’re being tested for Covid, when they’re coming out, test more than ten percent positive while being stored together. At a time when the president will keep our country closed, when we may be hoping that a fourth of July can only come together with our family, how much spread of Covid does he create every day through his policies along this border? ‘
Representative Kevin McCarthy, a Republican from California, said Monday in a news conference.
This is exaggerated. Bob Fenton, the acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said during a congressional hearing a day later that migrants tested positive at a rate of “less than 6 percent” across the border. This is a lower positivity rate than currently in Texas (9 percent), Arizona (11 percent) and New Mexico (8 percent), but higher than in California (3 percent).
There are different coronavirus protocols for different migrant populations, but the idea that migrants spread the virus unnoticed is hyperbolic.
Asylum seekers with pending cases who returned to Mexico under the Trump-era program must be negative before entering the United States. Those who are positive with mild or no symptoms should be quarantined for ten days, while those who show severe symptoms should go search in Mexico, according to the Department of State.
For migrants who are not immediately dispatched and processed by border officials, the Department of Homeland Security relies on community organizations for the test and reimburses the costs, according to the department. Those who tested positive while in border control are immediately placed in quarantine. Unaccompanied children are specifically tested in facilities operated by the Department of Health and Human Services.