{"id":612946,"date":"2021-08-05T14:06:32","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T18:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=612946"},"modified":"2021-08-05T14:06:34","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T18:06:34","slug":"health-officials-in-mexico-vaccinate-migrants-and-asylum-seekers-waiting-at-tijuana-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/health-officials-in-mexico-vaccinate-migrants-and-asylum-seekers-waiting-at-tijuana-border\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Officials in Mexico Vaccinate Migrants And Asylum Seekers Waiting At Tijuana Border"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fhealth-officials-in-mexico-vaccinate-migrants-and-asylum-seekers-waiting-at-tijuana-border%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=612946&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\/08\/Tijuana-Vaccine.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Local health officials in Mexico have vaccinated hundreds of transient migrants and asylum seekers against COVID-19 this week as they wait to enter the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The San Diego Union-Tribune <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/news\/border-baja-california\/story\/2021-08-04\/migrants-vaccinated-at-el-chaparral-camp-and-other-tijuana-shelters\">reported<\/a>, \u201cThe Baja California Secretary of Heath allocated hundreds of Pfizer vaccines for migrants who have been staying at a migrant camp near the El Chaparral border crossing, as well as at seven shelters in Tijuana.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs Governor Jaime Bonilla has said: Baja California is a sanctuary for migrants, and we are going to vaccinate everyone,\u201d said Secretary of Health Alonso P\u00e9rez Rico, per the Union-Tribune.<\/p>\n<p>P\u00e9rez Rico has reportedly allocated more than 1300 Pfizer doses to immunize adults 18 years of age or older at the shelters. Almost 800 migrants were vaccinated on Tuesday, according to health officials. Vaccinations continued Wednesday. Nurses reportedly urged migrants to return for a second dose through a loudspeaker.<\/p>\n<p>While more than 4,000 migrants of different nationalities are waiting in the Mexican border state, \u201cTuesday was the first time authorities opted to take the vaccine directly to the El Chaparral, where it is estimated that more than 1,200 are staying,\u201d the Union-Tribune reported.<\/p>\n<p>El Chaparral is a plaza on the Mexican side of the port of entry where many migrants live in makeshift tents.<\/p>\n<p>P\u00e9rez Rico said health authorities would administer vaccines to anyone in Tijuana, regardless of how they got there or where they came from.<\/p>\n<p>More details from the Union-Tribune:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"27\">\n<p><em>Many migrants agreed that one of the reasons they wanted to get vaccinated was to be ready if the U.S. requested the vaccine as part of asylum.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019m afraid of being sent back,\u201d said H\u00e9ctor Cruz, 24, an asylum seeker from Honduras. \u201cNow that I\u2019m vaccinated, I\u2019m more prepared for whatever is next in the process.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Under a process that allows a limited number of vulnerable asylum seekers into the U.S., a negative COVID-19 test must be shown as part of the requirements, noted Soraya V\u00e1zquez, deputy director of Al Otro Lado in Tijuana, a binational legal services organization that assists asylum seekers.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>V\u00e1zquez acknowledged it could be a challenge for migrants to return for their second shot.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cOne of the things we face when we start some kind of program with the migrant population is precisely mobility,\u201d she said. \u201cMigrants do not last long in the same space.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillFOXLA\/status\/1422978791723487232\">According<\/a> to FOX News reporter Bill Melugin, officials in McAllen, Texas, claim the federal government has released more than 7,000 migrants diagnosed with COVID-19 into that city since February.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, The Washington Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/biden-vaccines-migrants-border\/2021\/08\/03\/afaff516-f471-11eb-83e7-06a8a299c310_story.html\">reported<\/a>, \u201cThe Biden administration is preparing to begin offering coronavirus vaccine to migrants in U.S. custody along the Mexico border, where illegal crossings are at their highest levels in over two decades and health officials are struggling with soaring numbers of infections, according to two Department of Homeland Security officials with knowledge of the plan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to The Post, \u201cUnder the broad outlines of the new plan, DHS would vaccinate migrants soon after they cross into the United States as they await processing by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-plan-to-stop-covid-19-at-southern-border-vaccinate-migrants-before-release\">Biden Plan To Stop COVID-19 At Southern Border: Vaccinate Migrants Before Release<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>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<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Local health officials in Mexico have vaccinated hundreds of transient migrants and asylum seekers against COVID-19 this week as they wait to enter the United States.The San Diego Union-Tribune reported, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-612946","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\/612946","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=612946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612946\/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=612946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=612946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=612946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}