Posted on 10/19/2014 12:55:05 PM PDT by justlittleoleme
Jennifer Philips has been in America only three days, and she's already calling it home.
The 21-year-old left Liberia last week and with it childhood memories of civil war and, more recently, horrific images of dead bodies in the street from the worst ever outbreak of Ebola.
Her father, Barhyeau Philips, welcomed her Saturday at the Quad-City International Airport and brought her to his Rock Island home.
"I'm here to live," she told the Quad-City Times on Monday.
After waiting four years for a visa, Jennifer's journey began Friday at the airport in Monrovia, the Liberian capital. From there she traveled to Brussels, New York and Chicago before flying into the Quad-Cities.
A lit-up New York skyline was her first image of the United States.
She flew into JFK International Airport, recalled it was at night and said a security person approached her, referred to her by name and said another person wanted to see her. Switching back and forth between English and her native language, Krahn, she described the second as looking like a health care worker. The worker put an "instrument" to her ear and checked if she had a fever.
"He said I was OK to go," she said.
(Excerpt) Read more at qctimes.com ...
What does any of her family that guests in the country do for a living?
Hey Obama, be a MAN - Implement a travel BAN!!
Anyone really believe there aren’t at least a couple Ebola carriers wandering around the NYC metro area right this very minute?
The word is out, INS is not even looking for visa overstays. Unfettered mass immigration of the worlds dregs. The Dept. of State has even set up visa mills in countries that send massive waves of illegals to our borders. Any third worlders that get a visa have won the citizenship lottery.
From the Miami Herald, Oct 19, 2014
Ebola fears spur travel bans in Latin America, Caribbean
“One of the most aggressive stances against the epidemic has been taken by Colombia. Last week, the South American nation began denying visas to anyone who has visited Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, Nigeria or Senegal during the past four weeks.”
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In Haiti, reports that the United Nations was seeking volunteers to fight Ebola in Africa, prompted three government ministries and the office of National Security to issue a statement banning Haitians from volunteering. The ban came after a request by Haiti’s health ministry to international agencies to suspend rotations of employees from Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Nigeria and any other countries facing an epidemic.
On the same day Colombia and St. Lucia issued bans, Haiti announced stepped-up screenings at its international airports. Health Minister Florence Guillaume said Saturday that officials were working closely with international partners to prepare for a problem should it arise.
Other countries that have announced travel bans include Antigua, St. Kitts and Nevis, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Belize and Jamaica.”
these little islands in the Caribbean have more sense of responsibility than we do...
The Dept. of State has even set up visa mills in countries that send massive waves of illegals to our borders. Any third worlders that get a visa have won the citizenship lottery.
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Saw a piece here yesterday about how Obola is fast-tracking a whole lot of Haitians to come here. I guess he feels that we need even more diseased and corruption-tolerant residents.
has she registered for welfare, WIC, medicaid - oh and to vote?
And if the rest of the south and central american nations follow suit, then maybe we will be spared an Ebola carrier coning in from that direction.
I saw where the US was expediting visas to those in Africa who wanted to fly here. Smart.
A link to this thread has been posted on the Ebola Surveillance Thread
This is local to me.
To say it made me angry is an understatement. She left Liberia, then went to a local mall.
Her “father” is claiming that it was his right to bring her here, and we have no right to quarantine her. The local race hustlers are in full force.
The father’s employer has asked them to stay home.
Somehow, these 'dregs' are coming up with the $2000 or so USD required to get airfare here.
Maybe that needs to be looked at.
Either they aren't 'dregs' and have substantial incomes by West African standards, or someone is buying their plane tickets, somewhere.
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...
Quad-cities? That’s what Tri-Cities all over America aspire to when they grow up.
Ever wonder why there are no Bi-Cities?
Thanks for the ping!
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