{"id":7340,"date":"2025-02-19T20:07:48","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T20:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-administration-has-fired-health-inspectors-at-some-border-stations\/"},"modified":"2025-02-19T20:07:48","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T20:07:48","slug":"trump-administration-has-fired-health-inspectors-at-some-border-stations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-administration-has-fired-health-inspectors-at-some-border-stations\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Administration Has Fired Health Inspectors at Some Border Stations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">At the nation\u2019s borders, federal workers keep the country safe in many ways: Some investigate sick passengers. Some examine animals for dangerous pathogens. And some inspect plants for infestations that could spread in this country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Late last week, the Trump administration dispatched hundreds of those federal employees with the same message that colleagues at other agencies received: Their services were no longer needed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The absence of these federal officers at the borders leaves Americans vulnerable to pathogens carried by plants, animals and people, experts warned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The firings come even as the Trump administration is said to be readying plans to turn back migrants on the grounds that they might bring diseases like tuberculosis and measles into the country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cScreening for communicable diseases at ports of entry is an important role of public health in order to prevent communicable diseases from entering our country,\u201d said Dr. Carlos del Rio, an infectious disease physician at Emory University.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cNot having public health employees to do this job is concerning and makes us less safe,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that every day, nearly 30,000 planes travel in and out of the country. In 2019, more than 400 million travelers arrived via more than 300 ports of entry. About half of those people crossed the border between the United States and Mexico.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Border posts are manned by workers from multiple agencies. Employees from the C.D.C.\u2019s Division of Global Migration Health screen people, animals and animal products for diseases, respond to reports of ill travelers and distribute medications as needed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Trump administration last week dismissed an unknown number of people from the C.D.C.\u2019s 20 port health stations, leaving some entirely unattended, according to three officials with knowledge of the situation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Calls to the port station in San Juan, P.R., on Wednesday, for example, were rerouted to the station in Miami, where a C.D.C. employee who declined to be identified said that no one would be at the San Juan post \u201cfor a very long time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Other port stations are in Anchorage, Atlanta, Chicago, New York, San Francisco and three cities in Texas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">C.D.C. officers can legally detain or conditionally release people and wildlife suspected of carrying any disease on a long list that includes measles, tuberculosis, pandemic influenza and viral hemorrhagic fevers such as Ebola and Marburg.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Department of Agriculture employs entomologists, botanists and mycologists \u2014 experts in insects, plants and fungi, respectively \u2014 who inspect agricultural products for pests and pathogens. Many of those specialists were also let go on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe\u2019re such a critical program, it makes no sense,\u201d said one U.S.D.A. official with knowledge of the situation, who asked not to be named for fear of retaliation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIf we don\u2019t work and those inspections don\u2019t happen, things start piling up at the ports,\u201d the official added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Animal health experts have been particularly concerned about African swine fever and New World screwworm, two diseases that have been creeping closer to the United States and could have devastating impacts on the pork and beef industries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On Tuesday, the U.S.D.A. said it had mistakenly fired several employees working on the country\u2019s bird flu outbreak and was trying to hire them back, according to <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/doge\/usda-accidentally-fired-officials-bird-flu-rehire-rcna192716\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">a report<\/a> by NBC News. It\u2019s unclear how many of the employees have returned to their positions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/19\/health\/trump-border-health-inspections.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the nation\u2019s borders, federal workers keep the country safe in many ways: Some investigate sick passengers. Some examine animals<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7341,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[620,633,667,634,2764,2763,973,111,188],"class_list":["post-7340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science","tag-agriculture-and-farming","tag-agriculture-department","tag-animals","tag-centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention","tag-ports","tag-quarantines","tag-tuberculosis","tag-united-states-politics-and-government","tag-your-feed-science"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Trump Administration Has Fired Health Inspectors at Some Border Stations - World News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-administration-has-fired-health-inspectors-at-some-border-stations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trump Administration Has Fired Health Inspectors at Some Border Stations - World News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"At the nation\u2019s borders, federal workers keep the country safe in many ways: Some investigate sick passengers. Some examine animals\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-administration-has-fired-health-inspectors-at-some-border-stations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"World News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-19T20:07:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/19\/science\/19trump-borders\/19trump-borders-facebookJumbo.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/19\/science\/19trump-borders\/19trump-borders-facebookJumbo.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-administration-has-fired-health-inspectors-at-some-border-stations\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-administration-has-fired-health-inspectors-at-some-border-stations\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"News\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2\"},\"headline\":\"Trump Administration Has Fired Health Inspectors at Some Border Stations\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-19T20:07:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-19T20:07:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-administration-has-fired-health-inspectors-at-some-border-stations\/\"},\"wordCount\":582,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-administration-has-fired-health-inspectors-at-some-border-stations\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/19\/science\/19trump-borders\/19trump-borders-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=1050&resize=1050,550&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"Agriculture and Farming\",\"Agriculture Department\",\"Animals\",\"Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\",\"Ports\",\"Quarantines\",\"Tuberculosis\",\"United States Politics and Government\",\"your-feed-science\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Science\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-administration-has-fired-health-inspectors-at-some-border-stations\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-administration-has-fired-health-inspectors-at-some-border-stations\/\",\"name\":\"Trump Administration Has Fired Health Inspectors at Some Border Stations - World News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-administration-has-fired-health-inspectors-at-some-border-stations\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-administration-has-fired-health-inspectors-at-some-border-stations\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/19\/science\/19trump-borders\/19trump-borders-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=1050&resize=1050,550&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-19T20:07:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-19T20:07:48+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-administration-has-fired-health-inspectors-at-some-border-stations\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-administration-has-fired-health-inspectors-at-some-border-stations\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-administration-has-fired-health-inspectors-at-some-border-stations\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/19\/science\/19trump-borders\/19trump-borders-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=1050&resize=1050,550&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/19\/science\/19trump-borders\/19trump-borders-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=1050&resize=1050,550&ssl=1\",\"width\":1050,\"height\":550},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-administration-has-fired-health-inspectors-at-some-border-stations\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Trump Administration Has Fired Health Inspectors at Some Border Stations\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/\",\"name\":\"World News\",\"description\":\"World News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization\",\"name\":\"World News\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png\",\"width\":581,\"height\":581,\"caption\":\"World News\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2\",\"name\":\"News\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Trump Administration Has Fired Health Inspectors at Some Border Stations - World News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-administration-has-fired-health-inspectors-at-some-border-stations\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Trump Administration Has Fired Health Inspectors at Some Border Stations - World News","og_description":"At the nation\u2019s borders, federal workers keep the country safe in many ways: Some investigate sick passengers. Some examine animals","og_url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-administration-has-fired-health-inspectors-at-some-border-stations\/","og_site_name":"World News","article_published_time":"2025-02-19T20:07:48+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/19\/science\/19trump-borders\/19trump-borders-facebookJumbo.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/19\/science\/19trump-borders\/19trump-borders-facebookJumbo.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"News","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-administration-has-fired-health-inspectors-at-some-border-stations\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-administration-has-fired-health-inspectors-at-some-border-stations\/"},"author":{"name":"News","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2"},"headline":"Trump Administration Has Fired Health Inspectors at Some Border Stations","datePublished":"2025-02-19T20:07:48+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-19T20:07:48+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-administration-has-fired-health-inspectors-at-some-border-stations\/"},"wordCount":582,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-administration-has-fired-health-inspectors-at-some-border-stations\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/19\/science\/19trump-borders\/19trump-borders-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=1050&resize=1050,550&ssl=1","keywords":["Agriculture and Farming","Agriculture Department","Animals","Centers for Disease Control and Prevention","Ports","Quarantines","Tuberculosis","United States Politics and Government","your-feed-science"],"articleSection":["Science"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-administration-has-fired-health-inspectors-at-some-border-stations\/","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-administration-has-fired-health-inspectors-at-some-border-stations\/","name":"Trump Administration Has Fired Health Inspectors at Some Border Stations - World News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-administration-has-fired-health-inspectors-at-some-border-stations\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-administration-has-fired-health-inspectors-at-some-border-stations\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/19\/science\/19trump-borders\/19trump-borders-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=1050&resize=1050,550&ssl=1","datePublished":"2025-02-19T20:07:48+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-19T20:07:48+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-administration-has-fired-health-inspectors-at-some-border-stations\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-administration-has-fired-health-inspectors-at-some-border-stations\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-administration-has-fired-health-inspectors-at-some-border-stations\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/19\/science\/19trump-borders\/19trump-borders-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=1050&resize=1050,550&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/19\/science\/19trump-borders\/19trump-borders-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=1050&resize=1050,550&ssl=1","width":1050,"height":550},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-administration-has-fired-health-inspectors-at-some-border-stations\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Trump Administration Has Fired Health Inspectors at Some Border Stations"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/","name":"World News","description":"World News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization","name":"World News","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png","width":581,"height":581,"caption":"World News"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2","name":"News","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/19\/science\/19trump-borders\/19trump-borders-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=150&resize=150,150&ssl=1","medium":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/19\/science\/19trump-borders\/19trump-borders-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=300&resize=300,300&ssl=1","medium_large":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/19\/science\/19trump-borders\/19trump-borders-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=768&resize=768,0&ssl=1","large":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/19\/science\/19trump-borders\/19trump-borders-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=1024&resize=1024,1024&ssl=1","1536x1536":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/19\/science\/19trump-borders\/19trump-borders-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=1536&resize=1536,1536&ssl=1","2048x2048":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/19\/science\/19trump-borders\/19trump-borders-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=2048&resize=2048,2048&ssl=1","colormag-highlighted-post":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/19\/science\/19trump-borders\/19trump-borders-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=392&resize=392,272&ssl=1","colormag-featured-post-medium":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/19\/science\/19trump-borders\/19trump-borders-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=390&resize=390,205&ssl=1","colormag-featured-post-small":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/19\/science\/19trump-borders\/19trump-borders-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=130&resize=130,90&ssl=1","colormag-featured-image":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/19\/science\/19trump-borders\/19trump-borders-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=800&resize=800,445&ssl=1","colormag-default-news":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/19\/science\/19trump-borders\/19trump-borders-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=150&resize=150,150&ssl=1","colormag-featured-image-large":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/19\/science\/19trump-borders\/19trump-borders-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=1400&resize=1400,600&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-block-extra-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/19\/science\/19trump-borders\/19trump-borders-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=1155&resize=1155,480&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-grid-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/19\/science\/19trump-borders\/19trump-borders-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=600&resize=600,417&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-grid-small-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/19\/science\/19trump-borders\/19trump-borders-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=285&resize=285,450&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-grid-medium-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/19\/science\/19trump-borders\/19trump-borders-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=575&resize=575,198&ssl=1"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"News","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e85cf08852547781a5f631f3713dbb5197ed4b54e32ae19c7d5769b8c8504897?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":false,"magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"At the nation\u2019s borders, federal workers keep the country safe in many ways: Some investigate sick passengers. Some examine animals","magazineBlocksPostCategories":["Science"],"magazineBlocksPostViewCount":49,"magazineBlocksPostReadTime":3,"magazine_blocks_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/19\/science\/19trump-borders\/19trump-borders-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=1050&resize=1050,550&ssl=1",1050,550,false],"medium":["https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/19\/science\/19trump-borders\/19trump-borders-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=300&resize=300,300&ssl=1",300,300,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/19\/science\/19trump-borders\/19trump-borders-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=150&resize=150,150&ssl=1",150,150,false]},"magazine_blocks_author":{"display_name":"News","author_link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/author\/admin\/"},"magazine_blocks_comment":0,"magazine_blocks_author_image":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e85cf08852547781a5f631f3713dbb5197ed4b54e32ae19c7d5769b8c8504897?s=96&d=mm&r=g","magazine_blocks_category":"<a href=\"#\" class=\"category-link category-link-38\">Science<\/a>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}