Thread: TX - Scabies could spread through overcrowding at border patrol station

Well, now that it is public info, look for Obama to just turn them loose. Very large increase in numbers of border violators from last year, just does not look good for the home team. I cannot understand why gov't will not man up the border to just stop them and turn them back around. If less than one percent was successfully crossing it would pretty well end it, for a cost of a few billion, rather than a few billion over and over and over doing it this way. Make a good investment once, rather than investing badly over and over and over.

It seems to be planned, planned to wear down Americans to allow voters to say, "Well. border security is not working, open it up?" I hope not!

Bus them to the same border they crossed.

Originally Posted by Newmexican

Bus them to the same border they crossed.

That would be common sense which there is little of in politics.

Scabies-Infected Illegal Immigrants Pass Infestation to US Law Enforcement



by Kristin Tate
27 May 2014, 7:42 AM

Several U.S. Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) sector have reportedly contracted scabies from contact with detained illegal immigrants.

According to a report by Action 4 News, about 10-15 percent of apprehended illegal immigrants have scabies in the RVG area. "A lot of people [are] coming in with the disease, and it seems to be spreading, not just within the McAllen station, but throughout the Valley and to some of our agents," Chris Cabrera, a spokesman for the National Border Patrol Council, told the local media outlet.

Zack Taylor, Chairman of the National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers, told Breitbart Texas that illegal immigrants are often not screened for diseases during processing.

He said, "Even Border Patrol does not screen people for such diseases due to the sheer numbers of people who need to be processed. Immigrants aren't even screened if they're going into a public jail or an immigration detention facility."

Sharp increases in illegal immigration into the U.S. this year has caused processing facilities to become overcrowded--authorities simply do not have time to screen every apprehended illegal immigrant for diseases.
RGV Border Patrol spokesman Daniel Tirado told Breitbart Texas that his sector is overwhelmed with the number of illegal immigrants that currently need to be processed. "We're catching an average of 1,000 per day and our agents are processing them around the clock. Processing takes between one to two hours per individual--it varies case by case," he said.

According to the Associated Press, the RGV sector has arrested more than 130,000 people for immigration violations since October 1--this marks a 67 percent increase from last year.

Overcrowding has made it difficult to identify and quarantine infected detainees. Many are concerned that scabies and other illnesses may be passed onto the general public.

Hidalgo County Health Department director Eddie Olivarez told Action 4 News that many illegal immigrants are likely contracting scabies in human stash houses, as they make their journey into the U.S. "The situation is that probably in the stash houses on the Mexican side or even on the U.S. side those stash houses are probably infected with this particular illness," he said.

Texas-based human stash houses, sometimes containing hundreds of illegal immigrants, could pose disease-related threats to surrounding U.S. citizens. Sometimes, such houses are located near children. Early in May, Breitbart Texas reported on a large human stash house busted across from a Texas day care.

While the RGV Border Patrol sector has not confirmed the exact number of detainees or agents with scabies, an investigation is reportedly being launched into the matter.

Texas Congressman Ruben Hinojosa reportedly released a statement that said, "I have made a formal request to the Department of Homeland Security to investigate the reports of overcrowding and disease among the detainees at the McAllen Border Patrol facility."

http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-T...n-to-US-Agents

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by Kristin Tate 29 May 2014, 6:34 AM PDT
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HOUSTON, Texas--It was recently revealed that illegal immigrants with scabies who were apprehended in the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) area passed on the infestation to several U.S. Border Patrol agents. In the face of this news, Breitbart Texas has learned that the thousands of illegal immigrants detained on the Texas-Mexico border each day are not screened for diseases or infections.

"We don't screen for diseases," RGV Border Patrol spokesman Omar Zamora told Breitbart Texas. "All we are is a processing center, so we don't do that."

He added that illegal immigrants are only brought to hospitals for treatment when they raise a concern to the attention of Border Patrol agents. This is the case regardless of what the illegal alien may have--whether it be an infection like scabies or something more serious like cancer.

Sharp increases in illegal immigration into the U.S. this year has caused processing facilities to become overcrowded. Authorities do not have time or resources to screen every apprehended illegal immigrant for diseases.

The RGV sector alone catches about 1,000 illegal immigrants per day. Processing usually takes between one to two hours per individual. However, since facilities have become backed-up, overcrowded, and strained on resources, an illegal immigrant may have to wait several months before being processed.

Overcrowding in processing facilities has made it difficult to identify and quarantine infected detainees. Many are concerned that scabies and other illnesses may be passed onto the general public.

Zamora said that illegal immigrants are likely contracting scabies in human stash houses before being apprehended by Border Patrol agents. "Scabies spreads with close skin contact," he said. "Typically [the immigrants] get to stash houses in Mexico until they decide it's time to cross into the U.S. Then, if they do make it here, they're put in another stash house where there could be hundreds of individuals in a small space. This are all situations of close contact. They can get [scabies] anywhere along their travels so its hard to figure out where, exactly, it's being spread."

Border Patrol agents are left with few ways to protect themselves against potential diseases once detainees are brought to processing facilities.

Zamora mentioned that agents are allowed use rubber gloves, long sleeves, and a mask for protection when dealing with captured illegal immigrants.

He added, "As Border Patrol is looking at revamping and making things more efficient, they've talked about putting a medical footprint in some of these sectors. Like putting a nurse or physician's assistant there so they can pre-screen for minor issues so you don't need to take [detainees] to the E.R. for scabies or head lice. It would be more efficient and at the same time, the immigrant would get care."

Although the RGV Border Patrol sector has not yet released the exact number of detainees or agents with scabies, an investigation is reportedly being launched into the matter.

Texas Congressman Ruben Hinojosa released a statement that said, "I have made a formal request to the Department of Homeland Security to investigate the reports of overcrowding and disease among the detainees at the McAllen Border Patrol facility."

http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-T...n-For-Diseases