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Muckraker.com founder Anthony Rubin discusses the Chinese migrants crossing the Darien Gap.
A
reporter released new video that appears to show hundreds of
military-aged Chinese men in Panama heading toward the U.S. border.
Muckraker.com founder Anthony Rubin said on "Fox & Friends First" Wednesday that every day, multiple times a day, groups of men are lining up and getting on buses to continue their journeys.
Rubin described why these individuals are taking this route to get into the United States.
"This
would be for people who can't fly into the U.S. directly. So what they
do is they get on a flight, and they fly into some South American
country. Then from there, they would go to Colombia, they would go
across the jungle, pop out in Panama, and then they would head up to the
United States. But this is going to be for people that can't fly into
the U.S. directly. … You'd rather just fly into the U.S. and overstay your visa. This is for people that don't have that access for whatever reason."
March 29, 2023: Border Patrol agents encounter over 1,000 migrants in El Paso, Texas(Customs and Border Protection)
Rubin said it's fair to be concerned about the groups showing up at the Darien Gap at the Panama-Colombia border.
He said many of the people he filmed "do not want their faces on camera."
"Either
they are foreign actors that are coming over here for nefarious
reasons. … or number two, these are people that are afraid of some sort
of retribution by the Communist Chinese Party.
"If it's number
two, well then what does that mean? That means that these people are
going to be beholden to the Communist Chinese Party once they're here.
Oh, you're in the United States. Okay, well, we're going to threaten
your friends and family back home in China unless you do X, Y, and Z.
"Either
way, it's very dangerous. You can't allow this to just continue and
have all these people cross the border. I mean, it just will not work."
Chinese nationals
are crossing the U.S.-Mexico border into the U.S. in unprecedented
numbers this year, with the first few months of FY 2023 already
eclipsing the total for 2022.
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) reports that just under 2,000 Chinese nationals crossed the
border in FY 2022, but the first few months of FY 2023 have already seen
4,300 encounters, according to federal data.
The Biden
administration saw 1.7 million migrant encounters in 2021, followed by
2.3 million encounters in 2022. More are expected in 2023. According to
Wall Street Journal, 2,200 migrants from China came through the Darien
Gap from January to March of this year, compared to 71 in the same time
frame last year.
"There are people from over 100 countries that
are popping up here. And you would ask yourself why they're coming
here," Rubin added.
He said many of the migrants are seeking "a
better life" but his trip to the Darien Gap left him with concerns about
America's national security.
Fox News' Anders Hagstrom contributed to this report.
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Elizabeth Heckman is a digital production assistant with Fox News.
(it looks like the variants will go on FOREVER and so will the vaccines and/or boosters)
What to know about XBB.1.16, a new Omicron variant on the WHO’s radar
A
new coronavirus variant has caused a surge in COVID-19 cases in India,
and doctors have flagged pink eye as a possible symptom associated with
it.
There’s a new variant of the coronavirus that infectious disease
experts and public health officials are keeping a close eye on.
XBB.1.16, also known as Arcturus, is an Omicron subvariant that appears
to be more transmissible and has fueled a recent surge of COVID-19 cases
in India. While the variant is circulating at low levels in the U.S.,
health officials are closely monitoring it.
The World Health Organization warned about XBB.1.16
last month and labeled it a “variant of monitoring,” a designation that
isn’t as serious as a “variant of interest.” However, that status could
change if the variant shows signs of increased transmissibility or
virulence, or is able to evade antibodies, the WHO noted.
XBB.1.16
has now been detected in at least 29 countries, including the U.S. and
it is expanding its reach fairly quickly. In late February, XBB.1.16
accounted for only 0.21% of all COVID-19 cases worldwide. A month later,
that had increased to 3.96%, according to the WHO’s latest figures.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began reporting cases of XBB.1.16 last Friday. According to the latest CDC data, the variant now accounts for 7% of new COVID-19 cases nationwide.
Here’s what to know about “Arcturus,” or XBB.1.16
What is XBB.1.16? Is it more dangerous?
XBB.1.16 is a sublineage of the Omicron variant that’ssimilar to XBB.1.5,
the strain that has dominated infections in the U.S. since January. But
XBB.1.16, the WHO noted, has a mutation in the virus’s spike protein
that has been associated with increased transmissibility and potentially
a higher degree of infection. However, some experts have said that
while it looks like it could spread more quickly and lead to more cases,
it doesn’t appear to cause more severe disease.
In India, the variant has led to a surge in COVID-19 cases in recent weeks. On Tuesday, India's Health Ministry reported 61,233 COVID-19 cases, which is a notable increase from the 15,208 cases that were reported on March 31. However, hospitalizations have not surged significantly.
“I
doubt it will lead to too many new hospitalizations or deaths,” Dr.
Monica Gandhi, an infectious disease specialist and a professor of
medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, told Yahoo
News. “I was just in India. ... There was an increase in cases but not
an increase in hospitalizations,” she added.
Gandhi explained that
the coronavirus won’t be fully eradicated, so it will continue to
evolve and new forms of it will continue to emerge. However, she said
new variants won't necessarily become more dangerous. She addedthat
most of the population has immunity from either the vaccines,
infection, or both, and that will continue to protect most individuals
against the worst outcomes of the disease.
“I think this is where
we are. We're gonna have to live with this [virus] and we're going to
see cases go up and down if we get a new subvariant that's more
transmissible, but hopefully, it will not lead to an increase in severe
disease,” Gandhi said.
Does the new variant cause different symptoms?
On Tuesday, the FDA authorized a second dose of the bivalent booster for seniors and immunocompromised people. (Getty Images)
According to anecdotal reports coming from India and other parts of the world, including the U.S.,
XBB.1.16 may cause a new COVID-19 symptom not seen with previous
coronavirus strains. Some doctors have said the new variant seems to be
causing conjunctivitis, often called pink eye, in children and adolescents.
In a recent tweet,
Vipin M. Vashishtha, an Indian pediatrician who is also a member of the
WHO's Vaccine Safety Net program, said he had started to get pediatric
COVID-19 cases again, and more children who are sick with XBB.1.16 are
experiencing “itchy conjunctivitis with sticky eyes.”
The Mayo Clinic also reported on Thursday that experts are seeing the same eye symptoms in young patients who are sick with COVID-19.
Dr.
Michael Chang, a pediatric infectious diseases expert at UTHealth
Houston and Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital, told Yahoo News that
many things can cause pink eye. He said that at the moment there’s not
enough evidence to say that the new COVID variant is causing
conjunctivitis in children.
“We don't have the context of whether
they're seeing that in some of the regions in India. We know their COVID
cases are going up, and presumably, these kids are testing positive for
COVID, but we don't know if they're testing positive for anything else
either,” Chang said.
He explained that other viruses can cause
conjunctivitis. Adenovirus, which can cause a mild cold or flu-like
illness and can be easily confused with COVID-19, is one of them. Cases
of adenovirus tend to increase in the spring and summer, and Chang said
doctors in the U.S. are seeing more of it these days.
“We are
seeing adenovirus circulating, so even if COVID cases go up, unless
you're doing testing for both COVID and adenovirus, which most people
aren't … it may be difficult [to determine] what's causing your pink
eye.”
Are our COVID-19 vaccines effective against XBB.1.16?
Some doctors say XBB.1.16 may be causing a new symptom among children: conjunctivitis. (Getty Images)
When
a new variant of the coronavirus emerges, one concern that arises is
whether our current vaccines will protect us against that strain.
It
is too early to know how well the COVID-19 vaccines neutralize
XBB.1.16. However, some experts believe the shots should remain
effective at preventing severe illness and death, even if XBB.1.16 is
found to be able to evade antibodies from vaccines. Gandhi explained
that this is because, aside from antibodies, there are other parts of
the immune system that are activated with vaccination and infection,
such as B cells and T cells, which can also offer long-lasting
protection against the virus.
Although there’s no reason to be
concerned right now, Gandhi said that whenever there’s a new, more
transmissible variant, people who are older and those who are
immunocompromised are at the highest risk for complications. She urged
those groups to stay up to date with vaccination, particularly getting
the bivalent booster if they haven’t received it yet.
“If you're
in an older or vulnerable group, if you are someone who is over 65 or on
immunosuppressants or have multiple comorbidities, just go out and get a
booster,” she said.
On Tuesday, the FDA authorized a second dose of the bivalent COVID-19 vaccine
for seniors and immunocompromised people. The CDC’s Advisory Committee
on Immunization Practices — a group of outside experts who advise the
agency on vaccines — is scheduled to meet on Wednesday to discuss the
strategy. If these experts recommend the shots, CDC Director Dr.
Rochelle Walensky is likely to sign off on their use and they could
become available as early as this week.
STATE LEGISLATURES MUST PROTECT PRIVATE PROPERTY FROM CARBON SEIZURE
Guest post by J. Christopher Alexander
In 2020 Louisiana Republican State Senator Sharon Hewitt
authored the passage of legislation in Louisiana that declares that the
practice of “carbon capture and sequestration” (CCS) is a “public good”
as a matter of public policy. As such, private energy companies
may now seize the private property of Louisiana citizens to transport
carbon dioxide that has been “captured” from the atmosphere, eventually
to be stored underground on private land. The general practice is known
as eminent domain and is
based in the last clause of the 5th Amendment of the US Constitution.
The original purpose of eminent domain was to provide a way for the government to expropriate private property, for fair market value, upon a specific showing
that such property is needed to serve a substantial public use or
benefit, such as the construction of a vital water system or a bridge
that facilitates transportation for the general public. The burden of
proof was on the government to show that the proposed expropriation
served a vital public interest and that the property owner was fairly
compensated.
Under Hewitt’s law, however, the use of eminent domain in Louisiana
has been dangerously expanded to not just include, but to favor, private
companies. This means that basic rights private property owners
previously had in opposing the expropriation of their land have been
further eroded. No longer will a specific showing of public necessity be
required, and no longer will the government be required to initiate the
process. The fundamental right of private property is now subordinated,
by law, to broad-scale carbon capture and sequestration by private entities.
To be clear, Louisiana law now contains a presumption in favor of the
corporate seizure of private property and a presumption against private
property rights. This is dangerous and scary.
In response, Louisiana Representative Robby Carter has offered House Bill 10,
which would repeal the eminent domain provision in the current law. If
it passes, private companies would be prohibited from using eminent
domain to acquire property rights for carbon capture processes without
the property owner’s consent. This legislation is critical, as it would
reassert the importance of private property rights and that those rights
may not be subjugated to for-profit entities without the approval of
property owners.
Regardless of how one may feel about the whole carbon capture
enterprise, or about the actual reality of man-caused climate change, we
should all be able to agree that private property is a value that is
worth standing up for in the face of corporate interests whose desire
for profits is thinly concealed behind the façade of protecting the
environment. We are all for profits, and for free enterprise, but not at
the cost of violating a basic American right.
If you live in Louisiana, please contact the following members of the House Natural Resources Committee and urge your strong support for House Bill 10, and follow the legislation all the way through the legislative process, making your voice heard all the way:
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He needs to stay out of YOUR HOUSE !
Next he will tell you what to wear....where you can travel....what you can say......etc )
NYC’s Vegan Mayor Eric Adams to Limit Amount of Meat People Can Eat to Combat Climate Change
New York City’s vegan mayor Eric Adams wants to limit the amount of meat people can eat in an effort to combat climate change.
Adams wants to reduce food-based gas emissions by 33% in the next 7 years.
“Food is the third-biggest source of cities’ emissions right after
buildings and transportation. But all food is not created equal. The
vast majority of food that is contributing to our emission crises lies
in meat and dairy products,” Adams said.
“According to new data released by the city, 20% of the Big Apple’s
greenhouse gas emissions come from food production and consumption. The
mayor is now vowing to reduce the city’s food-based emissions at
agencies by 33% in the next seven years and challenging the private
sector to follow suit.” CBS New York reported.
