Until today, I had been locked out of my Twitter account since March 3. Twitter locked me out over a tweet that criticized the Biden administration’s approach to the Southern Border—and raised concern over immigrants crossing the border illegally who may be infected with COVID-19. I was reacting to a recent story that federal officials have no way of testing people who are picked up by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol—or forcing them to quarantine. I am not the only one concerned about this. Rep. Henry Cuellar, a Texas Democrat, has raised his own concerns about immigrants potentially infected with the virus being allowed to come into his district, which is on the U.S.-Mexico border. In addition to worrying about the health of members of his community—including U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officers—Rep. Cuellar said the Biden administration is not even telling local communities where immigrants picked up by Border Patrol are being released. As he said early this month, “I got border mayors saying, ‘woah hold it, hold it. Our hospitals are full, …
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