Mexican visa holders can fly into U.S. for Covid shot. But they cannot cross a land port of entry to do so.

MCALLEN, Texas - Discussion on a proposed pilot project to help Matamoros residents get the COVID vaccine in downtown Brownsville came up doing a news conference held at the Hidalgo-Reynosa International Bridge on Wednesday, June 2. The news conference was hosted by U.S. Sens. Jon Cornyn of Texas and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, and U.S. Reps. Henry Cuellar of Laredo and Tony Gonzales of San Antonio.In response to a question on when the border bridges will be reopened, Cornyn said: "We want to do this responsibly. We are asking the administration for a transition plan from this ban on anything other than essential trade and traffic. We want to know, how do we transition safely from Title 42 back to reopening our border, which is, I believe, safe and open for business."Public policy advocate and veteran broadcaster Ron Whitlock, who designed the pilot project, responded: "I have a transition plan," and proceeded to explain it to the lawmakers. After he had heard an overview of Whitlock's idea, Cornyn said: "I think it makes perfect sense for us to use the excess vaccines that we do not need here in the United States to help our friends in Mexico and elsewhere around the world."Editor's Note: Click here to read the full story in The Rio Grande Guardian.Go to www.riograndeguardian.com to read the latest border news stories and watch the latest news videos.