Federal, state and city health departments have issued public health alerts about increases of communicable diseases as illegal border crossers arrive in their communities.
Earlier this year, the New York City Health Commissioner instructed New York health-care providers to undergo several precautions and tests in light of "An alarming trend" of diseases spreading among illegal foreign nationals in New York City who arrived from the southern border.
The Chicago Department of Public Health recently issued a public health alert about an increase in chickenpox cases, "Especially in the last four weeks."
The Illinois Department of Public Health also launched a new phone line for syphilis consultations after the number of congenital syphilis cases in Illinois have nearly tripled since 2021.
Not all communicable diseases are being reported in refugee, asylum, or immigrant communities, but Democratic lawmakers in Texas border communities have raised concerns about illegal border crossers creating a public health crisis over the last few years.
McAllen officials were inundated with 7,000 COVID-positive illegal border crossers at one time, creating a public health crisis and exorbitant cost to taxpayers.
Democratic lawmakers' calls for the president to close the border over public health concerns went unanswered.
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