Covid on the Border: Migrants Aren't Tested on Arrival in U.S.

Covid on the Border: Migrants Aren’t Tested on Arrival in U.S.
The Border Patrol says it has insufficient time and space to conduct coronavirus testing at crowded processing stations. Officials in border cities fear further spread of the virus.
Migrants who tested positive for the coronavirus after being released from Border Patrol custody have been isolated at a hotel in Holtville, Calif.Credit...Camilo Garcia Jr./Calexico Chronicle
April 28, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET
Dora Eglis Ramírez and Pavel Brigido Rivero set out from Cuba to seek asylum in the United States last year, as the coronavirus rampaged across Latin America.

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