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EXCLUSIVE: Hundreds of migrants begin to 'self-deport' back to Central America as TB, chicken pox...
Daily Mail UK ^ | November 29, 2018 | Ben Ashford In Tijuana, Mexico For Dailymail.com

Posted on 11/29/2018 10:32:09 AM PST by Morgana

FULL TITLE: EXCLUSIVE: Hundreds of migrants begin to 'self-deport' back to Central America as TB, chicken pox and lice become endemic at squalid Tijuana sports complex with only 35 portable toilets and nine showers - sheltering 6,000 people

These are the hellish conditions that are driving members of the Central American migrant caravan to finally turn their backs on their US dream - by 'self-deporting'.

Despite traveling as much as 4,500 miles - much of it on foot - hundreds of migrants have already accepted free flights home rather than stay longer in the filth-strewn sports complex that has become their temporary home in Tijuana, Mexico.

Lice and respiratory infections are becoming endemic inside the Benito Juarez sports complex and health workers warn that it's a matter of 'when, not if' an outbreak of serious disease sweeps the scruffy labyrinth of tents and tarps sheltering an estimated 6,000 people.

Tijuana's Health Department revealed on Thursday that there are cases of migrants suffering from tuberculosis, chickenpox, skin infections, and there is now a risk of an hepatitis outbreak due to the squalid conditions.

So far, there have been three confirmed cases of tuberculosis, four of chickenpox, and four cases of HIV/AIDS.

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KEYWORDS: aliens; border; invasion; tijuana
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To: metmom

Blocking illegal immigration is preventing more than vote fraud and welfare fraud.

It’s protecting the health of our society.


And that used to stop legal immigration too. We used to have common sense.


21 posted on 11/29/2018 12:14:18 PM PST by Yaelle
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To: hal ogen

The germs will continue to spread. CA will be infected in a month. And it will continue to spread. lock up the organizers now.


22 posted on 11/29/2018 12:20:28 PM PST by cnsmom
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