Representative Randy Weber

COVID-19 Variants

Source: USBP and OFO official year-end reporting for FY18-FY20; USBP and OFO month-end reporting for FY21 to date. Data is current as of 07/06/2021. https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/southwest-land-border-encounters

Friends,

A Houston hospital has its first case of the Lambda variant of the coronavirus and the city of Laredo, Texas confirmed its first positive Delta variant case this week. This comes as Laredo sues the U.S. government to stop the Biden administration from sending unvaccinated illegal immigrants to the border community.

Despite President Biden’s claim that the border surge is seasonal, illegal border crossings are surging. Over 188,000 encounters at the southern border during the month of June alone. This is the fourth consecutive month of encounters over 170,000 marking a 20-year high. Over 6,000 migrants are caught crossing our border illegally each day.

I am concerned that the Biden Administration's migrant policies are leaving citizens at risk of getting COVID.

But I want to hear from you!

Do you think the crisis at the southern border is contributing to the rise in Delta and Lambda COVID-19 variant cases here in Texas?

Yes

No

Unsure

Sincerely,

Randy K. Weber