Can anyone explain why people are offended by this news story?
This seems like it should be common sense.
Greyhound CEO David Leach told Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas that migrants released into the country must demonstrate that they don’t have the CCP virus.
The letter, obtained by Border Report, was sent on Wednesday, around the time when it was reported that more than 100 illegal immigrants that had tested positive for the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus were released into Texas since late January by Border Patrol agents. The CCP virus, commonly known as novel coronavirus, causes the disease COVID-19.
“Our top priority is the safety of our employees and passengers,” Leach wrote on his letter to Mayorkas.
“We need assurance that any detainees released by ICE have proof of a negative COVID-19 test, similar to the proof required for international airline passengers who arrive at US ports of entry. Greyhound already asks our customers to stay home and NOT travel if they are not feeling well or have been diagnosed with COVID.”
The Greyhound CEO also requested funds from the Biden administration to reposition buses and drivers from different areas.
“However, migrants simply do not have that choice unless the government or their sponsors house them while they quarantine. Therefore, it is critical to public safety that ICE provide 100% assurance that no one released that can be reasonably expected to ride a Greyhound bus be infected with COVID-19 (or mixed with other potential passengers that have tested negative),” Leach wrote.
Felipe Romero, a spokesperson for the city of Brownsville, Texas, told Fox News that 108 migrants have tested positive for the CCP virus since Jan. 25, when rapid testing began. That represents about 6.3 percent of the total illegal immigrants who were rapid-tested at Brownsville’s bus station, the official said.
Romero told Fox that the city doesn’t have the authority to stop migrants who test positive for the virus from traveling anywhere else in the United States, although officials have advised them to quarantine and follow federal health guidelines.
“The City of Brownsville continues to follow all guidelines provided by the CDC and [Department of State Health Services] for COVID-19. The migrants who test positive at the B-Metro facility are advised of quarantine procedures and are asked to socially distance,” Romero also told Telemundo.
NEW YORK, USA - August 23 : Demostrators are seen holding signs in a protest to demand Greyhound collaboration with ICE on August 23, 2019 in New York, USA."nEveryday across the U.S., ICE, DHS and Border Patrol agents board buses with Greyhound's permission and attempt to detain migrants. Demostrators at the Port Authority bus terminal demand Greyhound to end all collaboration with ICE and Border Patrol. "n(Photo by Luis Boza/VIEWpress/Corbis via Getty Images).