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Kenneth Wolfe, a spokesman for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, says the unaccompanied child was recently hospitalized after being diagnosed with swine flu, or H1N1. Wolfe says officials believe this is an isolated incident but are closely monitoring all children at Lackland and other similar shelters the agency is operating around the country.
“That tells you that when you’ve got kids coming in from some of these countries where they don’t have great health systems, we gotta watch out,” says Cuellar. “I’ve talked to border patrol down in McAllen. They’ve seen TB; they’ve seen chicken pox; they’ve seen scabies. And according to Border Patrol, 4 or 5 of their agents have tested positive for those diseases.”
originally posted by: ReluctantBlossom
How in the heck is this Obama's fault? This has been happening for generations and nobody else had stopped it either. They don't WANT it fixed...NEITHER PARTY. Cheap labor that doesn't complain or ask for more money. Wake up.
originally posted by: Dianec
Just saying legal travels can bring some of the more novel stuff in just as readily.
The buildings have a refrigerator that will be stocked with water, milk and fruit so the children will be able to eat whenever they want. There will be toys, video games and televisions for the kids. And once a n 2.4-metre fence is erected, the children will be allowed to play outside. They may even build a soccer field, the official said.
Border Patrol Looking To House Immigrants In Abandoned Warehouses Along Rio Grande
Breaking: Border 3Patrol Agents Test Positive for Diseases
"Problem, Reaction, Solution"
originally posted by: ReluctantBlossom
How in the heck is this Obama's fault? This has been happening for generations and nobody else had stopped it either. They don't WANT it fixed...NEITHER PARTY. Cheap labor that doesn't complain or ask for more money. Wake up.
Signed by President Barack Obama in 2012, the policy grants temporary legal status to many young illegal immigrants, ending the threat of deportation for at least two years. The policy, however, does not entitle the immigrants to state services. It was renewed for two more years.
"The children will be accommodated for between three and four months, while their parents or relatives are located in the United States," the report says. "The administration of President Barack Obama has acknowledged he faces a serious crisis for the continuous arrival of children, mostly Central Americans, who are illegally entering the country on the border with Mexico."
originally posted by: ShadeWolf
originally posted by: Dianec
Just saying legal travels can bring some of the more novel stuff in just as readily.
I'd go as far as saying more readily. The difference being that trekking through the desert takes a while, sometimes long enough that a dangerous illness (not like H1N1, think hantavirus or active tuberculosis) will incapacitate someone before they make it to a major population center. But with legal travel, you can hop on a plane and go from an Ebola hotspot in Zaire, make stopovers (and more infection vectors) in Berlin and London, then head out to party in Atlanta in less than two days. Meaning that sure, you might drop dead the next day, but you've already been in contact with hundreds of people by then.