{"id":187742,"date":"2021-03-02T23:15:31","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T04:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=187742"},"modified":"2021-03-02T23:15:38","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T04:15:38","slug":"asylum-seekers-test-positive-for-covid-after-being-released-into-u-s-by-border-patrol-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/asylum-seekers-test-positive-for-covid-after-being-released-into-u-s-by-border-patrol-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Asylum-Seekers Test Positive For COVID After Being Released Into U.S. By Border Patrol: NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Fasylum-seekers-test-positive-for-covid-after-being-released-into-u-s-by-border-patrol-nbc-news%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=187742&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\/03\/migrant-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A new report published on Tuesday evening alleged that numerous alleged asylum-seekers that have been released into the U.S. by Border Patrol officials quickly tested positive for the coronavirus after their release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMiriam Izaguirre, a 35-year-old asylum-seeker from Honduras, crossed the Rio Grande at dawn Monday with her young son and turned herself in to the authorities,\u201d NBC News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/latino\/after-border-patrol-release-asylum-seekers-test-positive-covid-brownsville-n1259282\">reported<\/a>. \u201cA few hours later she was released, and the first thing she did was take a rapid test for Covid-19 at the Brownsville bus station. They told her her test came out positive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Izaguirre told Noticias Telemundo Investiga that officials \u201cseparated about eight of us because we were positive.\u201d The report said that she was waiting to catch a bus that was headed to Houston.<\/p>\n<p>The report said that other migrant families that said they tested positive for the coronavirus had been waiting to go to destinations on the East Coast, including North Carolina, Maryland, and New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe city of Brownsville administers these rapid tests at the bus station, after migrant families are released by the Border Patrol. A spokesperson for Brownsville confirmed that, since they began doing these tests Jan. 25, 108 migrants have tested positive for Covid-19, which is 6.3 percent of those who took the test,\u201d NBC News reported. \u201cIn response to Noticias Telemundo Investiga, a spokesperson for the city said in an email that Brownsville does not have the authority to retain these migrants who plan to travel to dozens of cities throughout the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report said that city officials recommend to those who test positive that they quarantine themselves in accordance with CDC recommendations and they suggest to those infected that they can go to \u201cnongovernment organizations (NGOs) and nonprofits in the border area who can take them in and isolate them in order to keep quarantine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some of those who tested positive for the coronavirus told Noticias Telemundo Investiga that they were planning on leaving Brownsville for their destinations although it was unclear from the report if their departure was going to be after they quarantined or if they were not taking the advice of city officials to contact NGOs and non-profit groups to get help quarantining.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA spokesperson said in an email that CBP personnel conduct initial inspections for symptoms or risk factors associated with Covid-19 and consult as appropriate with onsite medical personnel, the CDC or local health systems,\u201d the report added. \u201cAt the station, Mart\u00edn Fern\u00e1ndez, an Omnibus Express worker, said that the bus company where he works respects the protocols of federal authorities: passengers must wear masks on board the vehicle and use hand sanitizer gel. But they cannot, he clarified, ask passengers for Covid-19 tests before getting on buses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear why the asylum-seekers were being released into the U.S. as that appears to conflict with what Biden DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said at a press conference this week with regards to the situation at the southern border.<\/p>\n<p>Mayorkas stated [<strong>emphasis added<\/strong>]:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>I have to take this opportunity at the same time to reiterate a message that we have communicated repeatedly throughout, which is a message to those individuals who are thinking of coming to our border. They need to wait. It takes time to rebuild the system from scratch. <strong>If they come, if families come, if single adults come to the border, we are obligated to, in the service of public health, including the health of the very people who are thinking of coming, to impose the travel restrictions under the CDC\u2019s Title 42 authorities and return them to Mexico, and we have done that.<\/strong> We need individuals to wait and I will say that they will wait with a goal in mind, and that is our ability to rebuild as quickly as possible a system so that they don\u2019t have to take the dangerous journey and we can enable them to access humanitarian relief from their countries of origin.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Trump administration invoked using Title 42 to curb the flow of illegal immigration into the U.S. due to the ongoing pandemic, arguing that it was in the best interest of protecting public health.<\/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. 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