La Patrulla Fronteriza liberates 108 positive immigrants with COVID-19 in Texas

By Damià Bonmatí and Martha Alicia López – Telemundo Investiga News

BROWNSVILLE, Texas. – Miriam Izaguirre, a 35-year-old Honduran immigrant, cruised the Great Riviera to make amends with his little heck and went to the authorities. One hour later, released by the Frontier Patrol, the United States calls.

The first thing he released was a rapid test of COVID-19 at the Brownsville bus station: the day that positive sales.

“We will now create a COVID sample and separate them as well as positive salamas”, said Telemundo Investiga News. “We are hoping to rise”. Esperaba to take a bus; his final destination is Houston.

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Other immigrants, who also wish they had positive health in the test, have other destinations: Carolina del Norte, Maryland, New Jersey …

The City of Brownsville collects these rapid tests at the bus station, minutes after being released by the Patrol Fronteriza. A Brownsville spokesman confirmed that he had been trying to do so since January 25, 108 positive salaries migrants, 6.3% of those who hiccup the test.

Immigrants released by the Frontier Patrol practice a diagnostic test of COVID-19 in Brownsville, Texas; March 1, 2021.Damiá Bonmatí / Telemundo Investiga News

Asked by Telemundo Investiga News, a report states that the city does not have the authority to retain those migrants who decide to travel to dozens of cities of all countries. Municipal workers, insurers, the recommend keeping guarded as indicated by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). También les sugieren acudir a ONGs que pueden acogerlos y aislarlos en el area de la frontera.

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But what if Various migrants have the intention to leave their destinations and the Telemundo News Station 40 grabbed the ticket with one of the infections.

One of them, the Honduran Eva Orellana, 29 years old, said she had taken the bus to the destination in Carolina del Norte with her hen of 3 years. “On the truck we used mascara all the time, gel, lavandonos las manos”, he said. “De verdad, no siento nada”.

The immigrants consulted does not have any documents indicating that it has COVID-19; dijeron that simply communicates the workers of the station through the test.

Our employees are employed les dijeron que aguardaran en una zona de espera differs from the rest of the migrants, but also the lesser freedom of movement, to a subway of the rest.

News Telemundo Investigate a question on the Frontier Patrol on the release of migrant families without being checked. A mailman says in an email that he occasionally has an initial inspection of symptoms and risk factors, per only the cases concerned are derived from the local sanitary authorities for “the appropriate test, diagnosis and treatment”.

Immigrants separated from the rest of the passengers were positive about COVID-19 at a Brownsville, Texas bus station; March 1, 2021.Damiá Bonmatí / Telemundo Investiga News

At the station, Martín Fernández, a driver for Omnibus Express, said that the bus company was working to comply with the protocols of the federal authorities: passengers should be able to tap the vehicle and use disinfectant gel. But no pueden, matizó, pedir test of COVID-19 to the passengers before going to the buses.

The bus stations are located during the epicenter of the migrant frontier at the front. The various Administrations have released dozens of miles of immigrant families in these editions and, from all over, buy tickets to read the residences of their families in the EU.

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Its large routes, which last for days and which cross the stationing station. Su migrant migrants are released on parole parole o bajo supervision with un grillete. From its new destinations, continue with its asylum procedures in order to log in to the United States.

Since the beginning of the week, with the entry of the new Gobierno, the number of families released on these fronts has increased, according to Telemundo Investiga News.

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