Illegal Immigration and the Threat of Infectious Disease

[rangerrebew]

   
Illegal Immigration and the Threat of Infectious Disease
February 18, 2015Education, General, SMA PulseImmigration, Infectious Disease


There's a growing health concern over illegal immigrants bringing infectious diseases into the United States. Approximately 500,000 legal immigrants and 80,000 refugees come to the United States each year, and an additional 700,000 illegal immigrants enter annually, and three-quarters of these illegal immigrants come from Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.

Legal immigrants and refugees are required to have a medical examination for migration to the United States, while they are still overseas. This is the responsibility of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which provide instructions to the Panel Physicians who conduct the medical exams. The procedure consists of a physical examination, an evaluation (skin test/chest x-ray examination) for tuberculosis (TB), and blood test for syphilis. Requirements for vaccination are based on recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.

https://sma.org/illegal-immigration-and-the-threat-of-infectious-disease/

[MajorClay]

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[rangerrebew]

As you walked off the Navy base in Subic Bay, PI, there was a drainage ditch called Sh*t River.  Local kids use to dive in it for coins thrown from the bridge.  This foul smelling, garbage ditch was so polluted if a an American fell in they would have to get all their shots again.  The point being there are diseases which 3rd world people may not exhibit but which they carry and letting them in this country without medical exams is BEGGING FOR TROUBLE.