Three Texans in Congress exposed to COVID-19 while at detention center

[RandySF]

WASHINGTON - Three Texas members of Congress were potentially exposed to COVID-19 while touring a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in south Texas on Monday, but all have tested negative for the virus.

A Trump administration official notified congressional staffers on Friday that while touring an ICE facility in Dilley, Texas, Democratic U.S. Reps. Joaquin Castro of San Antonio, Henry Cuellar of Laredo and Sylvia R. Garcia of Houston were exposed to an ICE staffer who tested positive for the virus three days later.

"I was just informed that one of our ICE employees who met Mr. Castro, Ms. Garcia, and Mr. Cuellar at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, TX on Monday, June 22, 2020 tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)," ICE official Sean Hackbarth wrote to a Congressional Hispanic Caucus staffer.

"While the employee wore a mask for the entire duration of the visit and maintained the minimum social distancing of six feet, out of an abundance of caution, I'm providing notification to you can share it with the appropriate member offices and Hill personnel."




https://www.texastribune.org/2020/06/27/texans-congress-exposed-coronavirus-border/

[Cirque du So-What]

2. Did you see who these people are who were exposed to the virus?

Why is it karmic?

[Nevilledog]

3. I totally misread that.... Thought the Reps didn't have masks.

Virus doesn't care who you are if you're not wearing a mask. That was the flippant karmic reference. I'll delete.