Illegal Immigration Causing TB 'Resurgence' in Jails
Article publisher:
Breitbart
Article date:
19 September 2014
Article category:
National News
Medium
Article Body:
Midland County, TX Sheriff Gary Painter stated that illegal immigration is causing a “resurgence of tuberculosis and other diseases in county jails across the nation” on Thursday’s “Laura Ingraham Show.”
“You got medical issues, these people are coming in a lot of them have tuberculosis, they have other diseases that they’re bringing with them. Even in our county jails across the states, people coming from the other countries are bringing all this stuff with them where we never had tuberculosis before, now we’re having a resurgence of tuberculosis and other diseases in county jails across the nation, and it’s because of people bringing them in from outside the United States” he reported, adding that “the assistance that’s coming from the federal government is nil.”
Painter also said that the Obama administration has prevented law enforcement from enforcing the nation’s immigration laws...