135 detainees tested positive in the first two weeks of July alone, indicating a 900% increase in confirmed positive cases related to the previous 14 months.
The RGV sector is one of the main destinations for migrants crossing the border, seeing more than 2000 arrests each day and considering 60% of reinforced positive detainees in the U.S. Border Patrol custody.
This information was received solely from a slide given to RGV Border Patrol managers to share with agents to help them defend themselves from the virus.
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In a local radio interview with KURV 710 AM Tuesday in McAllen, Texas, RGV Sector Chief Brian Hastings spoke about COVID cases among agents and said he’s had more than 40 of his agents test positive this fiscal year.
Border Patrol does not usually test wayfarers when they are originally taken into custody -- instead they are tested when they are transported, either to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) custody if they are unaccompanied children, or to nongovernmental organizations if they are part of a family unit for transport into the U.S.
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The Biden administration has been striving to curb the crisis at the southern border, which saw more than 188,000 migrants trying to escape in June alone -- including a 25% increase in the number of family units encountered.
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Currently, the majority of those encountered are turned back due to Title 42 public health protections put in place during the Trump administration. Just under 105,000 of those encounters in June resulted in a Title 42 expulsion.
Nevertheless, the Biden administration is not shifting away unaccompanied children or most migrant families (just 8,000 encounters out of more than 55,000 migrant family encounters resulted in a Title 42 expulsion).
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Besides, it is reported to be preparing to abolish Title 42 for migrant families later this month, with other reports implying it would be ended altogether for single adults shortly after.
Republicans and former Trump officials have notified of possible public health consequences if that were to happen, noting that many of the countries from where the migrants have moved are often behind the U.S. in terms of vaccinations.
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"Mexico is not where we’re at, the Northern Triangle countries aren’t where we’re at, there are multiple countries in Western Hemisphere that are not where America is at when it comes to vaccines and dealing with COVID," former acting CBP Commissioner Mark Morgan told Fox News this month.
"But they’re still going to open it up to people in these countries to come from, to transverse through to get to our country, and allow them in -- it’s absolutely endangering American lives and once again shows this administration puts America last and everyone else first."
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