White House Considering Requiring Foreign Visitors to Show COVID-19 Vaccination Proof

The White House confirmed Thursday it is considering requiring foreign visitors to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination as a condition for international travel.

Jeff Zients, the White House COVID-19 response coordinator, told reporters on Thursday that several federal agencies are examining the possibility of issuing such a mandate.

“We will be ready when it is the right time to consider reopening,” Zients said at a White House COVID-19 briefing. He appeared to confirm anonymously sourced reports that administration officials will have to present proof they’re vaccinated against the virus.

There is still no timetable on when the United States will resume international travel to certain countries, as a number of federal officials have cited concerns about the Delta variant.

In early 2020, the United States imposed its first restrictions on travel from China—where the virus originated—before imposing restrictions on Europe and other nations.

Canada recently announced it would allow “nonessential” travel from the United States if travelers can provide proof of vaccination. The United States, however, did not reciprocate Canada’s policy and has kept its border with its northern neighbor closed due to COVID-19.

And in contrast, along the U.S.–Mexico border, which is still seeing record numbers of illegal immigrants crossing, proof of COVID-19 vaccination isn’t required before aliens are released into the United States. Reports last month said that during the final week of July, about 7,000 people who crossed illegally were released in McAllen, Texas.

Reports citing anonymous sources also said the Biden administration is creating a plan to provide vaccines to illegal immigration.

It was not immediately clear whether a plan would require visitors arriving from Mexico and Canada to be vaccinated before crossing land borders.

Starting late last month, a number of large corporations including Google, Facebook, Tyson Foods, and many others started mandating that their employees get vaccinated by a certain date or potentially face termination. The federal government, too, will soon require employees to get vaccinated or wear a mask and socially distance.

This week, New York City became the first to announce a policy implementing a COVID-19 vaccine pass that requires customers to show proof of vaccination before they enter restaurants, gyms, and theaters. The Los Angeles City Council is working on passing a similar mandate.

Vaccine passports and similar systems have been criticized by civil liberties groups, conservatives, and even some Democrats as creating a segregated society of vaccinated and unvaccinated people.

During a news conference earlier this week, Zients announced that it is “time to impose some requirements on COVID-19 vaccines.”

President Joe Biden, he said, “called on states and local governments to use funding they have received, including from the American Rescue Plan, to give $100 to anyone who gets fully vaccinated,” adding that “if financial incentives like these help us get more shots in arms, we should use them.”

But he went a step further, saying that mandates must be imposed.

“But in addition to incentives, it’s time to impose some requirements based on the realities of different risks unvaccinated individuals pose versus those who have been vaccinated,” Zients proclaimed.

COVID-19 is the illness caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus.


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UH, hello? I believe it's a little late. Thousands and thousands have been coming through the southern border completely unchecked, and many of them with OBVIOUS symptoms. It's too late to be requiring a vaccine passport....................DUH!

Over 7000 Covid Positive Migrants Released Into McAllen TX By Border Patrol Since February [VIDEO]

https://100percentfedup.com/over-7000-covid-positive-migrants-released-into-mcallen-tx-by-border-patrol-since-february-video/

Paid travellers are going to require a vaccine passport but illegals just get to walk in unchecked.   Sounds fair and reasonable right?  

Don't look for any sanity from this Woketard gubbermint.

All up and down, from the party operatives and the paid rioters, to the senile clown who was installed on the throne...none of it makes any sense, or can make any sense.

There are very, very few in Congress who represent the people(that elected them).

Elizabeth Theus wrote:UH, hello?   I believe it's a little late.  Thousands and thousands have been coming through the southern border completely unchecked, and many of them with OBVIOUS symptoms.  It's too late to be requiring a vaccine passport....................DUH!

It is "too late" if there was an actual virus that they were afraid would infect the old geezer. It is NOT "too late" to score political points with the gullible. Democrats will cite this as just one example of how "vigilant" and "competent" they were in dealing with a "deadly" virus...

Elizabeth Theus wrote:UH, hello?   I believe it's a little late.  Thousands and thousands have been coming through the southern border completely unchecked, and many of them with OBVIOUS symptoms.  It's too late to be requiring a vaccine passport....................DUH!

It is "too late" for illegals, (future Democrats) but, it's NOT "too late" to gain political points with the gullible and "mandate" that American citizens "stop the spread", "stay home", "wear multiple masks", etc.

I am convinced that there is a committee of communist democrats that sit around and brainstorm ever more bizarre covid punishments. Interstate highway checkpoints. Arrest unmasked children and charge them with attempted murder until resisting parents capitulate.

What will be the step too far and cause attacks on health clinics?