Illness on the Rise: Cases of Scabies, Tuberculosis and Swine Flu All Reported at US Southern Border
The “humanitarian crisis” at the border may soon descend into a full-scale epidemic. Multiple anonymous and named sources (including a Border Patrol union) have confirmed that unaccompanied children illegally crossing into the United States are carrying with them all sorts of illnesses and diseases. Scabies, tuberculosis and swine flu have all been reported. What’s more, the close quarters and refugee camps in which these children are living in are becoming breeding grounds for infection, leaving border patrols agents, humanitarian volunteers, and children susceptible to contagion:








