Health officer: illegal Hispanic immigrants raise health problems

al.com ^ | 10/10/07 | BOB JOHNSON

[TornadoAlley3]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The state health officer told members of a new state task force Wednesday that the rising number of Hispanic immigrants in Alabama are bringing with them additional cases of communicable diseases like tuberculosis and chicken pox.

Dr. Don Williamson said in 2006 there were 53 cases of tuberculosis reported in Alabama in people who were born in other countries, about half in immigrants from Mexico and Guatemala.

But Williamson cautioned members of the Joint Patriotic Immigration Commission that tougher rules against illegal immigration might cause sick people to be afraid to seek treatment.

[stephenjohnbanker]

Leprosy?

[seemoAR]

Yes. Mostly in immigrants from Mexico, India, or the Caribbean. Supposed to be endemic in Texas with numbers rising in New York and in California. I have read our Government is not reporting this because of the fear of a backlash against the Illegals.

[Travis McGee]

[skeeter]

So we can add formerly controlled communicable diseases to the butcher's bill the bottom line crowd has run up.

Thanks guys, & tell us again how good illegal immigration is for America.

[stephenjohnbanker]

“I have read our Government is not reporting this because of the fear of a backlash against the Illegals.”

They don’t report illegal crime either.

[Mad Dawg]

It's not just that they were controlled. We pretty much knew who was sick and who wasn't, and the sick ones weren't processing chickens.

There are too many of us who haven't seen TB and how it can ruin loves or who haven't dealt with what chicken pox can do to an adult. The time of the fool's paradise is coming to an end. The sequel will be ugly and sad.