Biden administration plans reopening country to vaccinated foreign visitors
This condition for traditional travelers is in line with illegal migrant arrivals, as the White House plans to hand out vaccines to them now, too.
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This condition for traditional travelers is in line with illegal migrant arrivals, as the White House plans to hand out vaccines to them now, too.
The US government is planning to reopen foreign travel to America again under the condition that those arriving for a visit are vaccinated.
In an exclusive from Reuters, the Biden administration is formalizing a plan that requires foreigners who plan to visit the United States to be vaccinated, for entry.
As it stands so far, Americans who want to leave the USA for Europe can already do so. Canada has an August 9th date to reopen travel, while the United Kingdom has similarly relaxed restrictions for vaccinated visitors as of August 2nd.
The outlet cited an official White House source who described that the administration is working on a system to reopen international travel. They’re planning "a phased approach that over time will mean, with limited exceptions, that foreign nationals traveling to the United States (from all countries) need to be fully vaccinated."
This all comes as the Biden border crisis presents a public health dilemma. His administration is planning to offer migrants COVID vaccines as well, amidst a record high number of incoming arrivals.
The Delta variant has China reverting to a state of pandemic panic, and it has sparked a feud between the White House and Florida.
But in the case of the latter, the border has put the Biden administration on the defense. Texas Governor Greg Abbott took to Sean Hannity’s show to gripe about the federal government’s double standard in letting in COVID positive illegal immigrants.
These issues have fueled the decline in approval ratings for both Biden and Harris.
As for how much the COVID vector of concern from migration has developed already, Bill Melugin of Fox News reported today on that.
“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.”
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 (@BillFOXLA)
Bill Melugin was the reporter who at the beginning of this week brought back the US - Mexico migration crisis back to the forefront, with his video showing hundreds of migrants huddling together under the Anzalduas Bridge in Mission, Texas.
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