108 Illegal Immigrants Released by Border Patrol in Texas Tested Positive for COVID-19: Officials

108 Illegal Immigrants Released by Border Patrol in Texas Tested Positive for COVID-19: Officials
The U.S.-Mexico border wall in El Paso, Texas, on Feb. 10, 2019. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
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More than 100 illegal immigrants released into Texas since late January by U.S. Border Patrol agents have tested positive for the CCP virus, which causes COVID-19, officials said.
Felipe Romero, a spokesperson for Brownsville, Texas, told Fox News that 108 migrants tested positive for the CCP virus since Jan. 25—when rapid testing began. That represents about 6.3 percent of the total undocumented migrants who were rapid-tested at Brownsville’s bus station, the official said.
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