The chief health officer in Cameron County, Texas, is warning that a new strain of COVID-19 is coming to America’s southern border. Dr. James Castillo hasn’t confirmed the immediate source of the virulent Delta variant, but his Brownsville office is di…
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It has often been said, in particular by critics of border closures and travel restrictions during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, that “viruses don’t respect borders.” While there may be some validity to that assertion, in the most literal sense, it is d…
A reporter asked the president during a briefing yesterday if illegal aliens would be welcomed at coronavirus testing sites and if they should fear being deported (see 1:12:21). Emergency health care is never denied to anyone regardless of their immigr…
Following the lead of many other nations, Germany has now implemented strict border controls in response to the outbreak of Novel Coronavirus. This follows similar moves by Czech Republic, Cyprus, Denmark, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Slovakia, which…
A new coronavirus originating in the city of Wuhan, China, is raising global health concerns. The virus, which is described as a severe flu transmitted from infected animals to humans, has sickened several hundred people and had led to at least 17 deat…