The Biden Administration and the City of Laredo, Texas, reached an agreement to end a lawsuit over the Border Patrol’s transfer of migrants from the Rio Grande Valley to the border city. The agreements will reportedly result in the City of Laredo busing released migrants to major Texas cities without being tested for COVID-19, according to Mayor Pete Saenz.
Laredo Mayor Pete Saenz told MyRGVNews.com that migrants being released by Border Patrol will be turned over to city officials who will, in turn, send them to other cities in Texas including Austin, Dallas, and Houston. The migrants will be transported on four buses contracted by the City of Laredo — without being tested for COVID-19.
The agreement brings the City’s lawsuit against Biden’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) filed in July to stop the federal government from transferring migrants to Laredo from the Rio Grande Valley Sector.