[EpochTimes] White House spokesperson Jen Psaki
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said Texas Gov. Greg Abbott
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"declined" an offer of federal funds to pay for CCP virus testing for illegal immigrants colonists, adding that the administration hopes "he’ll reconsider."
"The governor has complained about testing at the border," Psaki said in an interview on MSNBC on Sunday. "FEMA, DHS has worked with local authorities, has worked with local NGOs [nongovernmental organizations] to come up with a plan that would cover 100 percent of testing costs for migrants colonists who cross the border."
"He has declined that funding," she said. "That is something that doesn’t help the people of Texas, and we’re certainly hopeful that he’ll reconsider."
Federal officials have asked Texas to assist with this issue, Abbott said Thursday, but he declined, saying testing and quarantining migrants colonists is the federal government’s job.
"Border security is strictly a federal responsibility. The federal government alone has the responsibility to test, screen, and quarantine illegal immigrants colonists crossing our border who may have COVID," Abbott said in a statement. "Instead of doing their job, the Biden administration suggested it did not have the sufficient resources and, remarkably, asked Texas to assist them in aiding their illegal immigration program. Texas refused."
A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson told CNN
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on Friday that the department has been working with local officials in Texas to provide CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus testing and its agreement with partners called for federal funds to cover expenses related to testing, isolation, and quarantine.
"We hope that Gov. Abbott will reconsider his decision to reject DHS’s agreement with the Texan local authorities that would enable the very testing of migrant families that Gov. Abbott says he wants," the spokesperson said.
A Texas Division of Emergency Management spokesperson told Forbes that Abbott has sent some 40,000 virus tests to four border towns since late January, to help those communities deal with an influx of people crossing the border.
The dispute between Biden and Abbott follows reports that over 100 virus-positive illegal immigrants colonists were released by U.S. Border Patrol since January, according to Fox News. 
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