Wed Nov 24, 2021 – 11:30 am EST
(LifeSiteNews) — The Biden administration plans to require non-American “essential travelers” crossing into the United States to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 starting January 22 of next year, while continuing to allow illegal immigrants to enter the country regardless of their COVID status.
The Associated Press reports that the requirement will apply to non-citizen truckers, government vehicles, and emergency response officials entering the country by road or ferry. It will not yet apply to American citizens or permanent residents, who will instead be subject to more stringent testing rules.
“These requirements are another example of how impractical regulations will send safe drivers off the road” and of “how unnecessary government mandates can force experienced owner-operators and independent truckers out of business,” responded Norita Taylor, spokesperson for trucking group Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association.
The decision comes as President Joe Biden presides over a surge of illegals entering the United States and being released inside the country, following the reversal of Trump-era border policies, such as the previous administration’s third-country agreements with the governments of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras to host refugees while their applications for political asylum in
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