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CDC extends order restricting border crossing amid claims of regular release of COVID-positive migrants
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention extended an order limiting entry into the U.S. of noncitizens looking to cross the country's northern and southern land borders due to concern over spreading coronavirus, while officials have claimed the order had often been ignored in the past.
"This order was issued on August 2, 2021 and shall remain in effect until the CDC Director determines that the danger of further introduction of COVID-19 into the United States from covered noncitizens has ceased to be a serious danger to the public health, and the Order is no longer necessary to protect the public health," the CDC said in a press release Monday. The agency said it will review the situation every 60 days "to ensure that the Order remains necessary to protect the public health." The extension comes amid claims that migrants with COVID-19 are being released into the U.S.More Related News