Three Cases of Tuberculosis Found Among Illegal Immigrants in El Paso Sector

BREAKING: CBP sources confirm to FOX News that there are ** three confirmed cases of Tuberculosis ** among migrants in the El Paso sector… further complicating the already daunting task of managing an overwhelming number arriving daily @FoxNews

— Griff Jenkins (@GriffJenkins) September 22, 2023

Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious, transmissible bacterial disease caused by the Mycobacterium tuberculosis pathogen. TB is usually present in the lungs but can appear elsewhere in the body and may be latent in a person for years — with no symptoms. What is really disturbing is that there is now a completely drug-resistant strain of the TB pathogen that appeared in Italy and India, starting in 2003.

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There is simply no excuse for this to be happening. Immigration should be a controlled process, and at this time, especially on our southern border, it simply is not. Border-state governors, frustrated by Washington’s inaction, are taking matters into their own hands. Mayors of border-state towns are increasingly lashing out at the Biden administration. The administration appears to be in denial over the entire calamity.

It’s not just tuberculosis. In New York alone, a variety of diseases have been identified among illegal immigrants:

Migrants could be bringing infectious diseases across our southern border. When they are bussed to New York and elsewhere, these diseases go with them. A recent study showed that more than 4% percent of migrants from Central and South America to Europe were sick with Chagas’ disease. It’s contagious without the help of an animal or a blood-sucking bug and can cause serious complications, including heart failure.

Tuberculosis is on the rise in this country, as is syphilis and other sexually transmitted infections.

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Setting aside the politically correct language (undocumented migrants), what that amounts to is that we have a potentially dangerous situation with communicable diseases crossing our southern border. Not only tuberculosis, mind you, but also syphilis and other STDs; from what we already know of the rampant sexual abuse of women and even children crossing the southern border, it would be unbelievable if STDs were not on the uptick.

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But on our southern border, as during the COVID scare, the federal government is utterly failing to carry out one of the very basic principles of public health policy: the prevention of transmissible disease. Today, it’s tuberculosis. What will it be tomorrow?

John Henry Holliday was unavailable for comment.

* ORIGINAL ARTICLE:

https://redstate.com/wardclark/2023/09/22/three-cases-of-tuberculosis-found-among-illegal-immigrants-in-el-paso-sector-n2164172