Results 1 to 2 of 2
Thread Information
Users Browsing this Thread
There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)
-
08-29-2019, 06:39 PM #1
Mumps sickens hundreds of detained migrants in 19 states
Mumps sickens hundreds of detained migrants in 19 states
By CARLA K. JOHNSON today
Mumps has swept through 57 immigration detention facilities in 19 states since September, according to the first U.S. government report on the outbreaks in the overloaded immigration system.
The virus sickened 898 adult migrants and 33 detention center staffers, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in its report Thursday.
New cases continue as migrants are taken into custody or transferred between facilities, the report said. As of last week, outbreaks were happening in 15 facilities in seven states.
In response to the report, Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman Bryan Cox said medical professionals at detention facilities screen all new detainees within 24 hours of their arrival to ensure that highly contagious diseases are not spread.
Cox said some detainees come from countries where communicable diseases are less controlled than in the U.S. and carry with them the risk of spreading infection.
The CDC report said more than 80% of patients were exposed while in custody. Mumps is a contagious virus that causes swollen glands, puffy cheeks, fever, headaches and, in severe cases, hearing loss and meningitis.
In the U.S., vaccines have drastically reduced the number of mumps cases. Only a few hundred cases are reported most years, with periodic outbreaks involving colleges or other places where people are in close contact.
In the migrant center outbreaks, at least 13 people were hospitalized, the CDC reported.
A large portion of the cases have been in Texas. The Texas Department of State Health Services raised the alarm in December, followed by six other state health departments in early January, prompting what the CDC report calls “a coordinated national outbreak response.”
ICE has given more than 25,000 doses of measles-mumps-rubella vaccine in the affected facilities.
The CDC did not identify detention facilities, but said 34 of them are operated by private companies. The report said migrants were being held in 315 facilities in mid-August.
Nashville immigration attorney R. Andrew Free has been tracking facilities with mumps outbreaks from reports of advocates and lawyers representing detainees.
“This has all the makings of a public health crisis,” Free said. “ICE has demonstrated itself incapable of ensuring the health and safety of people inside these facilities.”
An influx of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border earlier this year has taxed the immigration system. The CDC report dealt only with mumps, not other health problems in detention facilities. At least two migrant children have died of complications of the flu after being detained by U.S. Border Patrol.
The CDC report said detention facilities should follow guidance from state and local health departments when responding to mumps.
https://www.apnews.com/1684ee01b6754c44bf728f2bb1b22fac
NO AMNESTY
Don't reward the criminal actions of millions of illegal aliens by giving them citizenship.
Sign in and post comments here.
Please support our fight against illegal immigration by joining ALIPAC's email alerts here https://eepurl.com/cktGTn
-
08-29-2019, 07:13 PM #2
These "people" need to be processed and DEPORTED within 48 hours of apprehension!
No more warehousing these people, no releasing THEM and their diseases into our communities!ILLEGAL ALIENS HAVE "BROKEN" OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM
DO NOT REWARD THEM - DEPORT THEM ALL
Similar Threads
-
ICE Quarantines over 5K Migrants for Mumps, Chicken Pox
By tonyklo in forum illegal immigration News Stories & ReportsReplies: 0Last Post: 06-14-2019, 09:35 PM -
Mexico: Hundreds of migrants detained after police raid on caravan
By tonyklo in forum Videos about Illegal Immigration, refugee programs, globalism, & socialismReplies: 1Last Post: 06-13-2019, 11:20 AM -
200 detained illegal aliens in Texas have mumps
By JohnDoe2 in forum illegal immigration News Stories & ReportsReplies: 1Last Post: 03-01-2019, 07:43 PM -
West Nile virus kills 16 in Texas, sickens hundreds
By JohnDoe2 in forum Other Topics News and IssuesReplies: 0Last Post: 08-15-2012, 12:49 PM -
E. coli outbreak sickens 14 in six states
By JohnDoe2 in forum Other Topics News and IssuesReplies: 0Last Post: 06-08-2012, 01:43 PM
Listen to Frosty Wooldridge on Rense Apr 23, 2024 talking...
04-24-2024, 05:17 PM in illegal immigration News Stories & Reports