Border Concerns-US/Canada ... US/Mexico

Canada-U.S. land border closes to all non-essential travel
https://globalnews.ca/news/6711194/canada-us-border-closes/

The land border between Canada and the U.S. closed to all non-essential travel at midnight Friday in an effort to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus.

The border remains open for essential travel, which includes the transportation of goods and travel for work, in order to not hamper trade and the supply chains between the two countries. ---CONTINUED---

Joint Statement on US-Mexico Joint Initiative to Combat the COVID-19 Pandemic


The strong partnership and close cooperation between the United States and Mexico has allowed us to maintain a productive border environment. We value the health and safety of our citizens and keep that at the forefront of joint decisions made by our respective leaders regarding cross-border operations.

Recognizing the robust trade relationship between the United States and Mexico, we agree our two countries, in response to the ongoing global and regional health situation, require particular measures both to protect bilateral trade and our countries’ economies and ensure the health of our nations’ citizens. We agree to the need for a dedicated joint effort to prevent spread of the COVID-19 virus and address the economic effects resulting from reduced mobility along our shared border.

The U.S. and Mexican governments further recognize critical services such as food, fuel, healthcare and life-saving medicines must reach people on both sides of the border every day. Essential travel must therefore continue unimpeded during this time. In order to ensure that essential travel can continue, the United States and Mexico are also temporarily restricting all non-essential travel across its borders.

“Non-essential” travel includes travel that is considered tourism or recreational in nature. Additionally, we are encouraging people to exercise caution by avoiding unnecessary contact with others.

This collaborative and reciprocal initiative is an extension of our nations’ prudent approach that values the health and safety of our citizens in the joint decisions made by our respective leaders regarding cross-border operations.

This joint initiative will commence at 00:01 Saturday March 21 throughout the US-Mexico land border for a period of 30 days subject to extension upon review. ---CONTINUED---

Trump looking to put troops near Canadian border amid coronavirus fears
https://globalnews.ca/news/6735064/coronavirus-militarizing-canada-us-border/
American government officials inside Donald Trump’s White House are actively discussing putting troops near the Canadian borders in light of U.S. border security concerns around the new coronavirus pandemic, sources tell Global News.

Few people cross from Canada into the United States at an unofficial point each year but the goal of the policy would be to help border guards detect irregular crossers, the sources said. ---CONTINUED---

Coronavirus: Mexicans demand crackdown on Americans crossing the border
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52053656

Residents in Sonora, south of the US state of Arizona, have promised to block traffic into Mexico for a second day after closing a checkpoint for hours on Wednesday.

They wore face masks and held signs telling Americans to "stay at home".

Mexico has fewer than 500 confirmed Covid-19 cases and the US over 65,000. ---CONTINUED---

Illegal border crossings and lawful travel drop amid coronavirus restrictions
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/24/politics/border-crossings-down-coronavirus/index.html

(CNN)Both legal and illegal travel at the US borders with Canada and Mexico has drastically changed in the past week following the Trump administration's stringent restrictions aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus.
Lawful vehicle and pedestrian border traffic is down around 70% compared to normal traffic flow, according to an official from the Department of Homeland Security, who added that people are heeding the instructions from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to stay home and only travel when necessary. ---CONTINUED---

Laredo Border Patrol supervisor among positive cases for coronavirus, according to local union
https://www.lmtonline.com/local/article/Laredo-Border-Patrol-supervisor-among-positive-15158745.php

A Laredo sector Border Patrol supervisor has tested positive for COVID-19, or the novel coronavirus, according to the Laredo chapter of the National Border Patrol Council. ---CONTINUED---

Mexican protesters hold 'stay at home' signs on the border with the US over fear of the coronavirus outbreak
https://www.businessinsider.com/mexican-protesters-worry-those-from-us-will-spread-coronavirus-2020-3

Mexican protesters blocked Mexico-bound lanes on one part of the border to stop United States travelers from entering their country and potentially spreading the new coronavirus, several news agencies reported.

Members of a group Sonorans for Health and Life, blocked a checkpoint in Sonora, south of Arizona on Wednesday, according to the BBC. The group wants people who cross into Mexico from the US to undergo medical screenings, the BBC added. ---CONTINUED---

In Migrants Camps Along the Texas-Mexico Border, Close Quarters and Closing Borders Raise Concerns
https://www.texasobserver.org/covid-19-border-texas-mexico/

Advocates and lawyers warn new measures implemented along the southern border in response to COVID-19 are putting vulnerable migrants at higher risk.

COVID-19 is lurking along the Texas-Mexico border. As suspicious illnesses begin to appear in migrant camps, close proximity, unhygienic conditions, and travel remain inexorable parts of daily life there.

Mexican border cities Matamoros and Juárez both have at least one confirmed case of the virus, while Cameron County and El Paso—their U.S. neighbors—have multiple cases. The U.S. government has begun taking action along the border to stop the spread of the virus, including postponing court hearings scheduled through April 22 for asylum-seekers waiting in Mexico under the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP). ---CONTINUED---

Mexico has fewer than 500 confirmed Covid-19 cases and

If you don't test, you don't have confirmed cases.

As suspicious illnesses begin to appear in migrant camps, close proximity, unhygienic conditions, and travel remain inexorable parts of daily life there.

Gee, where have I heard that, before?
Oh, yeah:
https://sma.org/illegal-immigration-and-the-threat-of-infectious-disease/

There's a growing health concern over illegal immigrants bringing infectious diseases into the United States. Approximately 500,000 legal immigrants and 80,000 refugees come to the United States each year, and an additional 700,000 illegal immigrants enter annually, and three-quarters of these illegal immigrants come from Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.

But Leftists have assured us that this is a myth.
https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/immigration-border-crisis/migrants-don-t-bring-disease-fact-they-help-fight-it-n944146

Dec. 5, 2018, 5:40 PM CST
By Maggie Fox
People who oppose immigration often argue that migrants bring disease with them, and that they then become a burden to health systems in their new countries because they’re so sick.

But that's not true, a team of experts argued in a new report released Wednesday.

In fact, they point out that immigrants make up a significant portion of the healthcare work forces in their new homelands.

"There is no evidence to show that migrants are spreading disease," said Dr. Paul Spiegel, who directs the Center for Humanitarian Health at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. "That is a false argument that is used to keep migrants out," Spiegel told NBC News.

To be quite clear, conservatives have never been against legal immigration, except in uncontrolled numbers. What they have been against is illegal immigration, which spreads disease and other problems. It is always the goal of Democrats and other Leftists to conflate the two, in order to bring chaos to America.

ReadyMom wrote:Trump looking to put troops near Canadian border amid coronavirus fears
https://globalnews.ca/news/6735064/coronavirus-militarizing-canada-us-border/
American government officials inside Donald Trump’s White House are actively discussing putting troops near the Canadian borders in light of U.S. border security concerns around the new coronavirus pandemic, sources tell Global News.  

Few people cross from Canada into the United States at an unofficial point each year but the goal of the policy would be to help border guards detect irregular crossers, the sources said. ---CONTINUED---

Wonder how many people they would catch crossing the border to get treatment for Covid-19 when the Canadian health care system proves that they can't handle any increase in patient load.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/sallypipes/2018/06/11/canadians-are-one-in-a-million-while-waiting-for-medical-treatment/#7171c7da3e7d

Canada's single-payer healthcare system forced over 1 million patients to wait for necessary medical treatments last year. That's an all-time record.

Those long wait times were more than just a nuisance; they cost patients $1.9 billion in lost wages, according to a new report by the Fraser Institute, a Vancouver-based think-tank.

Lengthy treatment delays are the norm in Canada and other single-payer nations, which ration care to keep costs down.