{"id":418745,"date":"2021-04-13T18:28:23","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T22:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=418745"},"modified":"2021-04-13T18:28:27","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T22:28:27","slug":"gop-doctors-in-the-house-want-dr-fauci-to-answer-questions-about-the-border-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-doctors-in-the-house-want-dr-fauci-to-answer-questions-about-the-border-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Doctors In The House Want Dr. Fauci To Answer Questions About The Border Crisis"},"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%2Fgop-doctors-in-the-house-want-dr-fauci-to-answer-questions-about-the-border-crisis%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=418745&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:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1749.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A coalition of Republican doctors in the House on Tuesday sent a letter to Dr. Anthony Fauci, asking him to address concerns about COVID-19 and the border crisis. Their concern about the public health pandemic grew after touring the border for themselves. According to the coalition, Dr. Fauci is in a position to make the public health emergency known.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn your role as Chief Medical Advisor to the President, we feel it is imperative that you use your position to publicly express your concerns over the national health emergencies created by this surge in illegal immigration,\u201d the letter, first obtained by <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/13\/house-republicans-greg-murphy-physicians-former-health-care-workers-letter-anthony-fauci-health-risks-border-crisis\/\">The Daily Caller<\/a>, reads.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"89.996138996139\">\n<p><span class=\"a\">\u201cThe enormous number of migrants coming into this country who are COVID-19 positive <\/span><span class=\"a\">cannot help stop this pandemic from a health perspective. We witnessed first-hand how our&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"a\">Customs and Border Protection agents are being&nbsp;overwhelmed. At one illegal immigrant<\/span><span class=\"a\"> processing facility we visited, there were over 3,500 immigrants in a holding facility with a&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"a\">capacity of 250. We were informed that there had recently been over 5000 immigrants in the <\/span><span class=\"a\">same facility,\u201d the coalition explains. \u201cThese conditions do not meet your COVID-19 mitigation measures. As you well <\/span><span class=\"a\">know, the spread of infectious diseases is horribly exacerbated in these conditions. As the top <\/span><span class=\"a\">disease expert and director of a national agency overseeing an unprecedented virus, proper <\/span><span class=\"a\">management of our <\/span><span class=\"a\">country\u2019s<\/span><span class=\"a\">&nbsp;border and public health seems to fall precisely within your<\/span><span class=\"a\"> purview. As healthcare professionals with a wide range of specialties, we are extremely&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"a\">concerned about the pandemic worsening because of the crisis at the border.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The health care providers also take issue with Dr. Fauci\u2019s refusal to visit the border. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) head said he has \u201cnothing to do with the border,\u201d something the GOP coalition feels he should address.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026 you are neglecting to weigh in on the public health emergency at the border, and we as physicians and healthcare professionals find this especially concerning,\u201d the letter states. \u201cWe believe the threat of COVID-19 spreading at the border is an issue that is directly under<em> your<\/em> jurisdiction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The coalition cites the Biden administration\u2019s reinstated catch-and-release policy, which allows illegal aliens into the interior of the United States, often times with nothing more than a court date, as an area of concern.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere have been claims that thousands of migrants, many of whom have been released without a COVID-19 test or court date, are spreading the disease because of overcrowding and forced proximity at border facilities,\u201d they explain. \u201cThese migrants, left unwatched and untested, have basically become an army of COVID-19 carriers overnight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor you to not address this in your particular position borders on neglect of duty,\u201d the coalition says. \u201cYou have a duty to address this carelessness and lack of health security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Compounding the concern is the fact that Mexico has the highest per capita COVID fatality rate in Latin America. In order to get to the United States\u2019 southern border, illegal aliens from Central America &nbsp;must trek through Mexico, where their exposure rate heightens.<\/p>\n<p>In some Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facilities, like the one in Donna, Teas, overcrowding has been an ongoing problem. Less than two weeks ago, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/these-are-the-biden-cages-sen-cruz-posts-shocking-video-of-border-crisis-smugglers\">shared video<\/a> of the horrifying conditions inside the facility that was at 1500% capacity. The surge at the border, in conjunction with the overcrowding, resulted in the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/dhs-finally-admits-record-surge-at-southern-border-enlists-fema-to-detain-children\">being deployed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The letter is signed by Greg Murphy (R-NC), Brad Wenstrup (R-OH), Andy Harris (R-MD), John Joyce (R-PA), Brian Babin (R-TX), Buddy Carter (R-GA), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Drew Ferguson (R-GA), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Mark Green (R-TN), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Ronny Jackson (R-TX), and Scott DesJarlais (R-TN).<\/p>\n<p><em>Beth Baumann is a Political Reporter at The Daily Wire. Follow her on Twitter&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eb454\">@eb454<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><i>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<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">&nbsp;<i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A coalition of Republican doctors in the House on Tuesday sent a letter to Dr. Anthony Fauci, asking him to address concerns about COVID-19 and the border crisis. 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