Speaking to Fox host Martha MacCallum on Monday, the VP of the Border Patrol Union said that one of the biggest problems surrounding the crisis at the border has to do with diseases crossing into the country. Already, Chris Cabrea says, many of our men protecting the border have contracted diseases such as bacterial pneumonia, scabies, and lice.
“Coming off the long journey,” Cabrea said, “[the illegals] have been subjected to diseases some agents are contracting. The border control is playing catch up.”
With illegal immigrant children crossing into the country with active scabies, it poses a threat not just to the agents working that swath of land but also to the rest of the country. If precautions aren’t taken, the union says, mite-borne scabies could spread into the surrounding communities.
Scabies, of course, aren’t the only disease threat crossing the border. A couple of weeks ago, Governor Rick Perry testified that there was a confirmed case of the swine flu as well. Unfortunately, according to Border Patrol union sources, many of our agents have not received the proper training and recommendations over how to best control and decontaminate in the face of such diseases. Improper handling and failure to decontaminate could easily lead to a direct spread of infection from the agents themselves.
- See more at: http://www.leanrightamerica.org/health/illegal-immigration-raises-new-concerns-about-disease-in-america/#sthash.wLdRIkBu.dpuf
