Letter: Check the Facts

The writer of the letter based her argument about migrants carrying contagious diseases into the US on a CNN report that attributed the problem to a person ‘who had recently traveled outside the country.’ Clearly, that would be an ill American returning from abroad, not a migrant entering the country for the first time.

The author contends that this is a health care problem Biden continues to ignore. Not so. Biden has addressed border health care issues from the beginning of his presidency. According to a CNN report, as far back as 2021 Biden’s health order required migrants to wear face masks and if anyone exhibited signs of illness in CBP custody, they would be referred to a local facility for appropriate testing, diagnosis, and treatment.

It’s important to check one’s facts.

Margaret Scott

Midtown

Disclaimer: As submitted to the Arizona Daily Star.