Infectious diseases a rising threat among migrants at southern border
by Anna Giaritelli
| May 23, 2019 09:24 AM
Tuberculosis and other infectious diseases could spread among migrants clustered just south of the U.S.-Mexico border if the immigration crisis isn't settled soon, says a former top Department of Homeland Security officials.
More than a half-million people have been taken into federal custody for illegally crossing from Mexico into the United States this fiscal year, triggering a rise in detainments at immigrant-holding facilities.
“They’re one major incident away from a catastrophe — someone comes in with an active case of tuberculosis or something worse than that,†said Ronald Vitiello, who during the Trump administration served as acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and deputy commissioner of Customs and Border Protection.
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