A report by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) found that the immigration crisis under the Biden-Harris administration has accelerated the surge in tuberculosis cases in the United States.
Tuberculosis (TB) incidence in the United States has steadily increased since 2021, coinciding with record levels of illegal immigration due to lax border enforcement rules. According to The study was released Wednesday by FAIR, a Washington, D.C.-based organization that advocates for lowering immigration levels. The study found that tuberculosis infection rates increased by 34% between 2020 and 2023, with 76% of tuberculosis cases in 2023 occurring in foreign-born patients. (Related: ‘I Love Kamala’: Immigrants fear Trump victory as caravan heads to US)
“As immigrants move into communities across the country, unsuspecting Americans are being exposed to potentially deadly diseases,” said FAIR President Dan Stein. “A serious concern for many Americans is the risk posed to children in classrooms with recently arrived immigrants infected with tuberculosis.”
“Not only is tuberculosis a highly contagious disease, it is also a disease that has long-term health consequences for those who become infected,” Stein continued. “The cost of treating each case of tuberculosis is not trivial and can exceed $500,000 in cases of widespread drug resistance.”
NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 27: A doctor performs an X-ray on a tuberculosis (TB) patient at a tuberculosis clinic in Brooklyn, New York, on November 27, 2002. (Photo by Spencer Pratt/Getty Images)
Other important findings from the study include that states and metropolitan areas with large immigrant populations have higher tuberculosis rates than states and metropolitan areas with smaller immigrant populations, and that some categories of immigrants are not even given medical exams. TB rates in some border counties exceed those in high-risk areas. Countries such as Iraq and Afghanistan.
Approximately 2.1 million migrants were encountered along the U.S. southern border in fiscal year 2024, according to the latest data released by Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The total number of migrants encountered at the U.S.-Mexico border under the Biden-Harris administration is about 8.5 million, according to the latest numbers, including about 500,000 migrants who entered the country through the White House’s CHNV program. Human immigration is not included.
The ongoing border crisis has not only pushed border communities to the brink, but also forced many major sanctuary cities to reduce services for migrants.
The FAIR study results were simultaneously released in Louisiana. announced a lawsuit Hundreds of inmates have been ordered to be detained pending medical testing by the Louisiana Department of Health over illegal Chinese immigrants who may have been exposed to a rare form of drug-resistant tuberculosis is asking federal immigration authorities not to release him. .
“Millions of illegal aliens continue to flow across our southern border, unidentified, untraced, and unidentified as American citizens,” Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said Wednesday. “They are not being tested for potentially life-threatening diseases.” “Despite the dereliction of duty by President Biden, Vice President Harris, and Secretary Mayorkas, Louisiana authorities acted immediately to protect the public.”
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