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 Diego’s East County, construction of the border wall is being done by workers not maintaining social distancing or wearing masks—despite national, state and county emergency declarations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Construction is deemed an essential business under California’s 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 Jacob’s staffer, who advised contacting the Sheriff to ask about enforcement. We e-mailed the Sheriff’s 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.
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