by Debra Heine
The Biden government has released over 7,000 COVID positive illegal immigrants into the city of McAllen, Texas since mid February of 2021—including over 1,500 infected migrants in just the past week, Fox News’ Bill Melugin reported on Wednesday.
“Despite the City of McAllen and its community partners’ best efforts, the sheer number of immigrants being released into the city has become a crisis: a crisis the City of McAllen did not create and has proactively tried to avoid for seven years,” the city said in a statement.
NEW: The city of McAllen, TX says the federal government has released over 7,000 COVID positive migrants into their city since February, including over 1,500 new infected migrants in just the *last week alone*. A local state of disaster in McAllen has been declared. @FoxNews
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) August 4, 2021
McAllen set up a temporary emergency shelter Tuesday night in response to the massive influx of migrants who were left stranded in the city by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
According to Melugin, the city said the federal government is releasing “an alarming number of immigrants” into McAllen, and the feds aren’t testing them for COVID.
BREAKING: The city of McAllen has started constructing emergency shelters for illegal immigrants released by Border Patrol. The city says the federal government is releasing “an alarming number of immigrants into McAllen, and that the feds aren’t testing them for COVID. @FoxNews pic.twitter.com/hy9TbKtgCM
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) August 4, 2021
Migrants reportedly began to arrive at the shelter Wednesday afternoon.
Migrants are beginning to arrive at the emergency tent shelters the city of McAllen constructed overnight. The city says the Feds have been releasing an “alarming” number of migrants into their city, untested for COVID, & leaving hundreds stranded on the streets. @FoxNews pic.twitter.com/OrL1FQxPLf
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) August 4, 2021
On Monday, Melugin reported on Twitter that Border Patrol was dropping off busloads of migrants at the Catholic Charities facility in downtown McAllen all day long. After being given food and shelter, the migrants are then bussed or flown into the interior of the country, he reported.
NEW: All morning long we’ve watched Border Patrol drop off multiple bus loads of migrants at a Catholic charity in downtown McAllen, where they are given food & shelter before they take buses and flights across the United States. Buses arriving every 30 minutes so far. @FoxNews pic.twitter.com/Yon4rpN3VZ
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) August 2, 2021
After crossing the border illegally, the migrants actually seek out Border Patrol because they know they will be given food and shelter and released into the country.
This happens very often out here…groups of migrants will show up…no Border Patrol immediately on hand because they are so overstretched, and the migrants will end up asking us “Donde esta la migra?” (Where’s Border Patrol/Immigration?)
We give out tons of waters. Brutal heat. pic.twitter.com/0UfDyYbjuf— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) August 4, 2021
According to ValleyCentral.com, a McAllen hotel has been set up to house illegal aliens with COVID-19.
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order last week allowing troopers to stop vehicles suspected of carrying illegal immigrants over fears they could spread COVID-19, but a federal judge on Tuesday blocked it.