Texas police department warns public after COVID-positive migrants released by Border Patrol into town

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : Earlier this week, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the National Guard to the border to help stem the flow of illegal immigration.
51% : Police said they were told by the group they had been released by Border Patrol into a local hotel.
45% : "The Officer approached the family and was told by them that they had been apprehended by Border Patrol days prior and were released because they were sick with COVID-19," the Facebook post read, adding that they determined the family was being housed at a local hotel by a charity group.
41% : "Officers made contact with Hotel management who explained that Catholic Charities of The Rio Grande Valley had booked all the rooms in the hotel to house undocumented immigrants that were detained By Border Patrol," the post stated.
36% : Illegal border crossings have surged this year under the Biden administration, with nearly 190,000 migrants encountered by the Border Patrol in June alone.
32% : So far this fiscal year, over 1 million illegal immigrants have been encountered by the Border Patrol.

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