Tag Archives: Border

Who Is Responsible for the US Border Crisis?

The video above features Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s mini-documentary “Midnight At the Border,” in which he travels to the U.S.-Mexico border in Yuma, Arizona, to investigate the illegal immigration issue firsthand. What he discovers, and reveals in this video, is a humanitarian crisis of shocking magnitude and a border security system crippled by politics and… Read More »

Election factor in Qld border decision

A decision on whether Queensland will open its borders to NSW will be made by Friday, on the eve of the state election in what could sway hundreds of thousands of voters. As part of Queensland’s road map to a COVID-normal, the initial stage 5 easing of restrictions included opening the borders to NSW on… Read More »

SA to delay NSW and ACT border changes

South Australia has moved to delay the lifting of border restrictions with NSW and the ACT amid concerns over the rise in COVID-19 cases in Sydney. Premier Steven Marshall says the state’s transition committee has met and decided not to go ahead with the lifting of quarantine measures on July 20. He says of particular… Read More »

Border closures ‘artificial’: NSW premier

NSW has recorded two COVID-19 cases from a record of almost 17,400 tests, with authorities warning residents to avoid letting their guard down. Both coronavirus cases were in returned travellers in quarantine, NSW Health reports, and no patients are currently in intensive care. “We have seen elsewhere (that) if people let their guard down, don’t… Read More »

COVID-19 border rules spark state tension

Australia’s deputy chief medical officer says there’s no reason for borders to be shut as state leaders squabble over coronavirus-related border closures. NSW will relax travel rules within the state from June 1 with regional travel allowed for interstate visitors and residents. But Queensland is holding firm, telling its tourism industry to prepare for a… Read More »