2,718 Texas Border City Urges NGOs to Open Tent Camps Despite 1500 Migrant COVID Cases Loc
Texas Border City Urges NGOs to Open Tent Camps Despite 1500 Migrant COVID Cases Locally
McALLEN, Texas Municipal leaders are instructing staff to work with local charities to expand a new migrant tent facility while scouting for additional locations on Wednesday. The City built the first facility overnight to take in migrants released by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The official announcement also disclosed that more than 1,500 migrants released locally have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last seven days.
A prepared statement circulated on Wednesday afternoon confirmed an initial report by Breitbart Texas about the first facility that went up on Tuesday night. McAllen Mayor Javier Villalobos (R) made national headlines after winning his political race in June in an area dominated by Democrats.