Illegal Aliens Bringing 60 Percent Lethal Drug-Resistant TB to the United States (2013, green card)

[All American NYC]

Last week it was reported that a persistent strain of tuberculosis had developed in some Los Angeles neighborhoods. Officials said as many as 4,500 people may have been exposed to the disease.....Diversity is bringing a diverse variety of plagues to the United States allowing Americans to benefit from exposure to new and exotic strains of diseases.....Of the thousands of illegal aliens freed by Obama as part of his sequester threat, how many were carriers?.... Besides California and Florida, the states with the greatest number of multi-drug-resistant TB are Texas and New York, all having large numbers of illegal aliens within their borders.

Another reason illegals should be deported and to screen potential immigrants for highly infectious diseases and viruses.

[Chimuelojones]

Germs know no borders or immigration status. Early colonist brought with them a whole host of diseases with them. Humans tend to do that. The only way to build resistance is through exposure.

[All American NYC]

Why screen legal immigrants?

[Oldglory]

Originally Posted by Chimuelojones

Germs know no borders or immigration status. Early colonist brought with them a whole host of diseases with them. Humans tend to do that. The only way to build resistance is through exposure.

No they don't but legal immigrants are screened for diseases while illegal immigrants are not. How many Americans should be exposed to disease and die until the resistance factor kicks in? The best form of deterring disease from the populace is to screen it out in the first place.

[All American NYC]

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Dangerous TB Patient Detained on U.S. Border

In medical isolation in South Texas, 100 miles or so from Mexico's border, is a man who embodies one of U.S. health officials' greatest worries: He is the first person to cross and be held in detention while infected with one of the most severe types of drug-resistant tuberculosis known today.

[BigDGeek]

When my ex was getting his green card, he had to be screened for TB along with other infectious diseases. This is but one of the reasons why I am so vehemently opposed to illegal immigration; illegals are a threat to public health.

[Chimuelojones]

Hundreds upon hundreds of thousands of people come into this country every year. Vistors from all over the world. None of them are screened and any one could have a whole host of diseases. A two week stay here, and back home doesn't protect you or others from being exposed. Even Americans traveling abroad can and are exposed.

Keep out whom ever you wish, just remember diseases are not a "whom".

[IBMMuseum]

Originally Posted by All American NYC

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And this is a Nepalese, traveling through 13 countries to get to the United States. The only other case like his was also from Nepal. They would likely ask for asylum, whether it is provided for them or not.

[malamute]

TB was once almost complete eradicated from the USA. It was a third world disease.

[Oldglory]

Originally Posted by Chimuelojones

Hundreds upon hundreds of thousands of people come into this country every year. Vistors from all over the world. None of them are screened and any one could have a whole host of diseases. A two week stay here, and back home doesn't protect you or others from being exposed. Even Americans traveling abroad can and are exposed.

Keep out whom ever you wish, just remember diseases are not a "whom".

Then we need to demand that anyone coming to our country whether to visit or otherwise provide us with a clean bill of health first. With illegal immigrants that isn't possible. Is that really that hard to grasp?