Four in 10 illegal immigrants released in a city last week near the U.S.-Mexico border tested positive for COVID-19, according to officials there. “That was very high,” Pete Saenz, the mayor of Laredo, told The Washington Examiner. Dr. Victor Trevino, the Laredo health authority, confirmed the numbers with the paper. Officials in Laredo, a Texas city that is located across the Rio Grande from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, did not return requests for comment, but they offered a similar positivity percentage in a federal lawsuit last month. Officials said in the complaint that Customs and Border Protection officials have been dropping of immigrants in the city despite large numbers of them testing positive for COVID-19, the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus. The surge in illegal immigrants crossing the border amid the COVID-19 pandemic presents a safety concern, Republican lawmakers and others argue. “Americans are sick and tired of endless mandates while watching COVID-19 …