Posted on 08/14/2021 2:03:20 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Laredo, Texas reached an agreement Wednesday to settle its lawsuit against the Biden Department of Homeland Security for transporting illegal immigrants from the Rio Grande Valley sector into the border city.
Now these individuals are being transported instead to Austin, Dallas and Houston after they are released by Border Patrol.
Laredo Mayor Pete Saenz, a Democrat, said Border Patrol is not testing the people it is releasing for COVID before they are bused out. Under the new agreement, the city is not required to test them, so they don’t have to provide care.
"The reason why we don't do testing is that once you test, there's an obligation," Saenz told MyRGV.com. "If they're positive, we're told that you have to quarantine. We don't have the infrastructure for that.
"What we're doing is coordinating with the EMC, the emergency management coordinators, in Austin and Houston, and I believe even Dallas, too ... Then, it's really up to them to continue offering PPEs, masks, hygiene, whatever they require."
Laredo was forced to temporary shutdown after illegal immigrants created a COVID-19 outbreak, Saenz said.
"Border Patrol was very clear that they were just going to put them out in the street, in our plazas," Saenz said. "And of course, we couldn't have that.
"I know some people may say, 'You're basically transporting untested people to other cities.' And the answer is, 'Yes.' But what alternative do we have here, locally?
"At this point, we've had zero ICU beds in the last seven days. We've had people in overflow, basically waiting for a hospital bed out in the hallways. I think today we had close to 40 just waiting for a room."
Laredo taxpayers have spent roughly $54,000 on busing out illegal immigrants so far, Saenz said.
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I will pay for a bus to Martha’s Vineyard.
Austin, Dallas and Houston
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While I’m glad the boarder towns are relieved
I’m not pleased those 3 blue cities are registering them to vote dam the second they step foot in their cities.
Texas should make a deal with those cities.
Ship them to D.C. and the state won’t with hold state funding in those cities.
Much as I'd like to furious with Laredo, they are in a no win situation too.
Get them out of the US.
DUHH.
The prog "brain" is a textbook example of the left side of the Bell Curve.
ALL the way to the left.
.
Newark, Minneapolis, Portland and Seattle.
Yes, send them there, they will be welcomed.
On St.Valentine's Day,
Opportunistic
All covid-free, I bet.
I will pay for a bus to Martha’s Vineyard.
And I’ll punch the tickets for Beverly Hills and Marin County
infrastructure...there it is!
Hey Gov. Abbot. Gather them up, put them on a bus with a $50 meal ticket and tell the drivers to drop them off at the
White House, the Capitol Building and Greenville, Delaware.
“Border Patrol was very clear that they were just going to put them out in the street, in our plazas,” Saenz said. “And of course, we couldn’t have that.
“I know some people may say, ‘You’re basically transporting untested people to other cities.’ And the answer is, ‘Yes.’ But what alternative do we have here, locally?
“At this point, we’ve had zero ICU beds in the last seven days. We’ve had people in overflow, basically waiting for a hospital bed out in the hallways. I think today we had close to 40 just waiting for a room.”
Laredo taxpayers have spent roughly $54,000 on busing out illegal immigrants so far, Saenz said.
So, no....not cv free.
This grifter Mayor needs to be sued.
and obamas place in massachuusetts...
What kind of deal is that? How about we ship them back across the border?
Stupid...
How about close the border and tell them GO BACK!
Send all of the illegals (aka alien invaders) to Austin. They can refresh themselves on the grounds of the state capitol.
/sarc
Shut everything down.
Nothing moves forward until this bull**** is stopped.
So it looks like the "40 acres and a mule" deal is also out.
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