Workers on border wall at Tecate not wearing masks or maintaining social distancing
Source: East County Magazine
April 3, 2020 (Tecate, California) Along the California-Mexico border at Tecate in San Diegos East County, construction of the border wall is being done by workers not maintaining social distancing or wearing masksdespite national, state and county emergency declarations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Construction is deemed an essential business under Californias emergency order and the Trump administration has specifically deemed building the border wall essential. But why are no precautions being taken to protect the health of workers and the public?
ECM tried calling Homeland Security to ask this question, but the call was disconnected. We called and left a message for Congressman Juan Vargas staff, since the site is in his district, but nobody called back. We emailed Supervisor Dianne Jacobs staffer, who advised contacting the Sheriff to ask about enforcement. We e-mailed the Sheriffs media contact on April 1 and have not received a response.
Veronica Lavarello, who took this video on March 31, 2020, calls the coronavirus situation scary. She fears the workers could be creating more cases where COVID-19 can be spread...
Read more: https://www.eastcountymagazine.org/workers-border-wall-tecate-not-wearing-masks-or-maintaining-social-distancing
It's infuriating to see these workers' health put at risk, as well as the health of everyone they are coming in contact with, at a time when even the general public is now being advised by San Diego County to wear masks in public.
Why is building this wall even deemed an essential project anyhow? Surely it could be delayed (preferably forever, but at least until after emergency orders are lifted).
With all the other needs our nation now has, there are no doubt many higher priorities for spending money than this.
Lonestarblue
(10,084 posts)Why has the governor not ordered this shut down? Every state should order the border wall work to stop immediately. Im not sure that Abbott would do it here in Texas because hes a Trump suck up. He has so far refused to shut down in-person church services even though most businesses are closed.
BigmanPigman
(51,630 posts)I have experience with them at several protest rallies in San Diego County. They practically support the Proud Boys white supremacists. They definitely support tRump and the GOP.
An artist put this up at the Tecate crossing but it was taken down shortly afterwards. It was really cool and beautiful to see.
Dem2theMax
(9,654 posts)I'm in North County. I'll be watching to see if they mention this.