Up to 50 Percent of Illegal Immigrants Estimated to Have COVID-19: National Sheriff’s Association

Up to 50 Percent of Illegal Immigrants Estimated to Have COVID-19: National Sheriff’s Association
Border Patrol agents apprehend a group of illegal immigrants near downtown El Paso, Texas, on March 15, 2021. Justin Hamel/AFP via Getty Images
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As concerns over the surge of illegal immigrants crossing the southern border grows, the National Sheriffs Association is calling on the Biden administration to secure the border and protect Americans.

Among the dangers that come along with the thousands of illegal border crossings that occur every month, which include human trafficking, drug smuggling, potential terrorism, death at the hands of coyotes, bandits, and harsh weather, significantly complicating the challenges border patrol and law enforcement face is the COVID-19 pandemic, the association said in a draft border security resolution set for a vote at a meeting in Arizona in June, according to The Washington Examiner.