Updates on CCP Virus: DHS to Hold Mass Vaccination Clinic for Border Patrol Agents in Texas

An immigration officer walks near trucks parked in a queue at the border between Costa Rica and Nicaragua, after Nicaragua's government closed the border for freight traffic, during the outbreak of the CCP virus (COVID-19), in Penas Blancas, Costa Rica on May 21, 2020. Juan Carlos Ulate via Reuters

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will hold a mass vaccination clinic next week in the Rio Grande Valley to vaccinate Border Patrol agents in Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott and National Border Patrol Council (NBPC) Brandon Judd said in a joint statement on Friday.

“We are glad to hear that the Biden Administration is finally stepping up and holding a mass vaccination clinic next week for Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley who had been left vulnerable and exposed to COVID,” they wrote in the statement.