Immigrants from Ebola outbreak nations caught along the border

KGBT ^ | 10/3/2014 | Nadia Galindo

[markomalley]

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a level three warning for US citizens to avoid traveling to West African countries experiencing an outbreak of Ebola.

Immigrants from West African countries have entered the US illegally, according to Chris Cabrera with the National Border Patrol Council.

"Not too long ago we did catch some people, I believe, from Liberia," he said.

During the 2013 fiscal year, statistics from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security website show Border Patrol agents apprehended 112 immigrants from Guinea, 231 from Liberia and 145 immigrants from Sierra Leone, which are the three countries currently experiencing the most cases of Ebola.

"Our main concern like it’s always been is the health and safety of our agents," Cabrera said.

He worries agents are not properly protected in the event they come across an immigrant with the Ebola virus.

"Our agents are trained, however, they are not medical professionals," he said.

If an immigrant with the virus does make it past agents, he worries they could possibly pass the contagious virus to other immigrants while in a stash house like they saw recently during a scabies outbreak.

"Some of our agents did contract scabies, and some of the other things that illegal aliens had. Luckily it's not something deadly like Ebola," Cabrera said.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) confirms agents are trained to recognize signs of illnesses, including Ebola, and are told to contact to the CDC immediately if they find someone they believe to be infected.

The union worries immigrants with the disease may slip by because sometimes symptoms of the virus do not show up for 2-21 days.

"We need to be more pro-active about trying to prevent it from coming in as opposed to trying to contain it once its hear," Cabrera told Action 4 News.

CBP is working with the CDC to develop procedures to identify travelers and immigrants with contagious diseases.

[molson209]

Obama welcomes All Diseases

[dragnet2]

What utter chaos this government has brought upon us...

How many are are entering and not being caught?

[cripplecreek]

Obama promised us unicorns and gives us the pale horse instead.

[MeshugeMikey]

“We need to be more pro-active about trying to prevent it from coming in as opposed to trying to contain it once its hear,” Cabrera

somebody give this guy obies Private Number

[Nervous Tick]

>> “Our main concern like it’s always been is the health and safety of our agents,” Cabrera said.

I was kind of hoping that FAITHFULLY EXECUTING YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE CITIZENS OF AMERICA might be your “main concern”, but I guess I’m out of luck on that one.

[P-Marlowe]

Ebola Tourists. If they get exposed in Liberia they come to America because they can get free medical treatment.

I expect hundreds more in the very near future; especially if this guy survives.

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

(from Article):" During the 2013 fiscal year, statistics from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security website show Border Patrol agents
apprehended 112 immigrants from Guinea, 231 from Liberia and 145 immigrants from Sierra Leone,
which are the three countries currently experiencing the most cases of Ebola. "

Send them to Washington DC for processing , sign them up a White Hut tour .
I am sure that _Resident Obola would like to personally congradulate them and speak to them about their harrowing travels to America.
Ask them to fill out the Ebola questionaire upon leaving the White Hut, as integrity is the capstone of citizenship in the USA.

[dragnet2]

Our main concern like it’s always been is the health and safety of our agents,” Cabrera said.

Well sh*t howdy, never mind the fact that millions of illegals have transformed half the U.S. into a 3rd world wasteland, costing hundreds of billions, millions of American victims, creating a massive industry of fraud, while compromising and undermining our entire electoral process...

[hamboy]

Isn’t Ebola virus contamination from person to person only by body fluid? If so why all the hype? Distraction from ISIS?

[doc1019]

They will be given a free pass, a valid drivers license and an open ended EBT card. The right to vote will be automatic not to mention a free education through the post graduate phase of their education.

Their medical expenses will be paid for by the American tax payers and they will never be required to learn English. As a matter of fact, American citizens will be required to speak to them in their native tongue.

Thank you Obama.

[cripplecreek]

Distraction from ISIS?

It ain't workin.

[Let's Roll]

No worries. The WH announced today they had Ebola under control.

[Army Air Corps]

Ping.

[null and void]

The game of Ebola Roulette continues...

*click* spin *click* spin *click* spin…BANG!

Eeeee-bolllll-aaaaaa ping!

Bring Out Your Dead

We’re gonna need

a bigger cart!

Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.

The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.

So far the false positive rate is 100%.

At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.

*sigh* Such is life, and death...

[arderkrag]

Same reason there was hype about E. Coli, or ISIS, or the Hale-Bopp comet in the 90’s, or any number of other things. Fear sells papers. And gets people to click on your webpage.

[Sequoyah101]

I do wish they would be killed. I do wish they would give a citizen a reason to do it. Just one.

[UCANSEE2]

Bookmark - eureka.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

GNIP.

[hamboy]

HIV, Ebola, H1N1 are hyped but this Ebola hype is diversion to focus on ISIS instead. Last time I heard ISIS nearing Baghdad the must be massacring people there now.