{"id":1598879,"date":"2022-08-10T10:40:25","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T14:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1598879"},"modified":"2022-08-10T10:40:46","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T14:40:46","slug":"exclusive-republican-governors-urge-biden-to-lift-covid-19-vaccine-mandate-for-foreign-travelers-to-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-republican-governors-urge-biden-to-lift-covid-19-vaccine-mandate-for-foreign-travelers-to-us\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Republican Governors Urge Biden To Lift COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate For Foreign Travelers To US"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fexclusive-republican-governors-urge-biden-to-lift-covid-19-vaccine-mandate-for-foreign-travelers-to-us%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=1598879&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--><p>More than a dozen Republican governors are demanding President Joe Biden lift his COVID-19 vaccine mandate for foreign travelers to the United States, according to a letter obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Biden ought to end the international vaccine travel rule given his administration no longer requires masks or testing requirements for air travel, the 17 governors, led by South Dakota\u2019s Kristi Noem, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/586309113\/Joint-Governors-Letter-to-President-Biden-Opposing-International-Travel-Vaccine-Mandates-8-10-22?secret_password=a2WL0oCpl5hxUzSb1Yea\">wrote<\/a> to the president Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs COVID-19 vaccination rates remain high and hospitalization levels remain manageable, continuing your international travel vaccine mandate becomes indefensible,\u201d the governors wrote to Biden. \u201cThe rest of the world is moving on from the COVID-19 pandemic and returning to normal. It is time for your Administration to do the same.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The White House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2021\/10\/25\/fact-sheet-biden-administration-releases-additional-detail-for-implementing-a-safer-more-stringent-international-air-travel-system\/\">unveiled<\/a> its vaccine mandate for non-citizen and non-immigrant travelers to the U.S. in October 2021 and implemented the policy on Nov. 8. The policy was later built upon by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which in January <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2022\/01\/20\/dhs-require-non-us-individual-travelers-entering-united-states-land-ports-entry-and\">applied<\/a> the mandate for foreigners entering through land ports and ferry terminals into the U.S.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7498137\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7498137\" class=\"wp-image-7498137 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1241651689-scaled-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1241651689-scaled-1.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1241651689-195x120.jpeg 195w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1241651689-620x382-1.jpeg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1241651689-768x473-1.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1241651689-1536x945-1.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1241651689-2048x1260-1.jpeg 2048w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7498137\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A woman wearing a face mask checks for flight arrivals at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on July 1, 2022, ahead of the July 4th holiday weekend. \u2013 US airlines are bracing customers for what will probably be another bumpy holiday weekend as the industry struggles to manage a surge in travel demand that probably exceeds its current capacity. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN \/ AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>DHS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2022\/04\/21\/dhs-extends-covid-19-vaccination-requirements-non-us-travelers-entering-united\">extended<\/a> its vaccine mandate in April for land and ferry entry, noting the decision was made in consultation with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other federal agencies. There have been 72 countries as of July that have ceased to enforce COVID-19 vaccine and testing requirements for travelers, the governors say, whereas air travelers to the U.S. still must <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/quarantine\/order-collect-contact-info.html#:~:text=Airlines%20and%20passenger%2Dcarrying%20operators,hours%20before%20the%20flight&#039;s%20departure.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">provide<\/a> airlines with their contact information for contact tracing.<\/p>\n<div id=\"rev-more-content\">\n<p>\u201cThis vaccine mandate for international travel is unnecessary and completely asinine given the fact that we have an open border where thousands are pouring into our country every single day unimpeded,\u201d Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, who signed the letter, told the DCNF. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/22\/army-vaccine-mandate-discharge-separation-religious-medical-exemption\/\">(RELATED: The Army Has Approved Just 20 Permanent Religious Vaccine Exemptions Out Of Thousands Of Requests)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is also contradictory Biden has not lifted the vaccine mandate given his administration\u2019s push to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/08\/09\/biden-admin-remain-in-mexico-supreme-court\/\">rollback<\/a> the CDC\u2019s Title 42 rule, the governors say. The Trump-era public health order allows the DHS to expel illegal aliens to safeguard public health and a federal judge <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/20\/border-title-42-arizona-immigration-covid-biden\/\">blocked<\/a> the administration in May from lifting it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy are you insisting on stringent vaccine requirements for legal temporary travelers but not for illegal immigrants who are attempting to stay in our country permanently?\u201d the governors wrote in their letter.<\/p>\n<p>The White House did not respond to a request for comment, nor did the DHS.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Governors that signed the vaccine letter also include Kay Ivey of Alabama, Brian Kemp of Georgia, Kim Reynolds of Iowa, Chris Sununu of New Hampshire, Bill Lee of Tennessee, Glenn Youngkin of Virginia and others.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than a dozen Republican governors are demanding President Joe Biden lift his COVID-19 vaccine mandate for foreign travelers to the United States, according to a letter obtained by the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":381,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1598879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1598879","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\/381"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1598879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1598879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1598879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1598879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1598879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}