{"id":116448,"date":"2021-02-03T10:29:13","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T15:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=116448"},"modified":"2021-02-03T10:43:05","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T15:43:05","slug":"steve-scalise-blasts-biden-order-allowing-covid-vaccine-to-illegal-immigrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/steve-scalise-blasts-biden-order-allowing-covid-vaccine-to-illegal-immigrants\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Scalise Blasts Biden Order Allowing Covid Vaccine To Illegal Immigrants"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsteve-scalise-blasts-biden-order-allowing-covid-vaccine-to-illegal-immigrants%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=116448&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1230590133.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>As millions of American citizens continue to wait to get vaccinated against the China-originated novel coronavirus, the Biden administration has directed \u201cequal access to the COVID-19 vaccines and vaccine distribution sites for undocumented immigrants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a moral and public health imperative to ensure that all individuals residing in the United States have access to the vaccine,\u201d the Department of Homeland Security said in a press release issued Monday. \u201cDHS encourages all individuals, regardless of immigration status, to receive the COVID-19 vaccine once eligible under local distribution guidelines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) blasted Biden for effectively allowing illegal immigrants to&nbsp;\u201cjump ahead of other Americans\u201d who wish to be vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn President Biden\u2019s first week and a half, two weeks in office, we\u2019ve seen millions, potentially, of jobs in America destroyed, but now you\u2019re looking at his latest plan on the vaccine,\u201d Scalise said during an appearance on Fox News. \u201cHe inherited a great plan from President Trump through \u2018Operation Warp Speed,\u2019 where we\u2019re gonna be vaccinating 100 million Americans in the next 100 days, and what has President Biden done?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst we exposed he was trying to prioritize Gitmo terrorists over Americans in getting the vaccine,\u201d Scalise highlighted. \u201cThey pulled back on that after we exposed it. But then, now, he\u2019s saying that people who came here illegally can jump ahead of other Americans who have been waiting to get the vaccine on that prioritization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After intense backlash, the Biden administration&nbsp;halted plans on Saturday to begin offering vaccinations to the 40 prisoners detained at Guantanamo Bay, where alleged 9\/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammad is being held, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/pentagon-pauses-plan-to-offer-vaccines-to-guantanamo-bay-detainees\">The Daily Wire<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo Guantanamo detainees have been vaccinated. We\u2019re pausing the plan to move forward, as we review force protection protocols,\u201d said a statement from Pentagon press secretary John Kirby. \u201cWe remain committed to our obligations to keep our troops safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo what is this priority?\u201d Scalise questioned Biden. \u201cI thought we were supposed to be looking out for hard-working families. We\u2019re trying to get our economies opened. We\u2019re trying to get our schools safely reopened, and you do that by vaccinating everybody who wants to get the vaccine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClearly not everybody who wants to get it has been able to get that vaccine, and now President Biden\u2019s gonna allow people who come here illegally to get the vaccine before some Americans who have been waiting for months,\u201d Scalise blasted. \u201cIt\u2019s mind-boggling that this is his plan, and by the way, it sets back his 100 day plan because there\u2019s only so much vaccine to go around.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The press release from the Biden administration regarding illegal immigrants and the COVID-19 vaccine, issued Feb. 1, reads in full:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>DHS and its Federal government partners fully support equal access to the COVID-19 vaccines and vaccine distribution sites for undocumented immigrants. It is a moral and public health imperative to ensure that all individuals residing in the United States have access to the vaccine. DHS encourages all individuals, regardless of immigration status, to receive the COVID-19 vaccine once eligible under local distribution guidelines.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>DHS carries out its mission, including all areas within its COVID-19 response, without discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, nationality, or other protected class, and in compliance with law and policy. Further, DHS supports the equitable and efficient distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine to all populations, including historically underserved communities.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>To reach underserved and rural communities, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in collaboration with federal partners, will coordinate efforts to establish and support fixed facilities, pop-up or temporary vaccination sites, and mobile vaccination clinics. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection will not conduct enforcement operations at or near vaccine distribution sites or clinics.&nbsp;Consistent with ICE\u2019s long-standing sensitive locations policy, ICE does not and will not carry out enforcement operations at or near health care facilities, such as hospitals, doctors\u2019 offices, accredited health clinics, and emergent or urgent care facilities, except in the most extraordinary of circumstances.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>DHS is committed to ensuring that every individual who needs a vaccine can get one, regardless of their immigration status.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/cnsnews.com\/article\/washington\/melanie-arter\/scalise-bidens-executive-order-would-allow-illegals-get-covid-19\">H\/t<\/a> CNS News&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As millions of American citizens continue to wait to get vaccinated against the China-originated novel coronavirus, the Biden administration has directed \u201cequal access to the COVID-19 vaccines and vaccine distribution &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1892530,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5028,3620,3675,4096,5025,5022],"class_list":["post-116448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-allowing","tag-biden","tag-blasts","tag-order","tag-scalise","tag-steve"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1892530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}