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theodoric3@lycos.com wrote:

> On Mar 13, 4:10 pm, "DorE" <90835x...@sneakemail.com> wrote:
> 
>>Illegal Immigrants Are Spreading Dangerous Diseases Across This Nation
>>By Dave Gibson
>>
>>It is often said that the flood of illegal immigrants into this
>>country is reaching 'epidemic proportions.' While that statement is
>>true--it is just as true that the illegal immigrants pouring over the
>>U.S.-Mexican border are endangering this country with actual
>>epidemics. Tuberculosis, hepatitis, dengue fever, chagas, and even
>>leprosy are being imported into the U.S. inside the bodies of illegal
>>aliens...And you thought they only carried heroin-filled baloons
>>inside their bodies!
>>
>>A 'hot-zone' of disease can be found in this nations border states.
>>Illegal immigrants are setting up so-called "colonias" just inside the
>>states of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona. The shanty towns are
>>comprised mostly of cardboard shacks and huts made with cast-off
>>building materials. They have no sanitation, and are surrounded by
>>mounds of garbage. The estimated 185,000 illegals share their
>>makeshift towns with armies of rats. Of course, diseases only common
>>to Central and South America run rampant in these places.
>>
>>One of the imports to this country is chagas disease. It is caused by
>>a parasite known as trypanosome. It is a blood-borne disease and is
>>spread by triatomine insects. The parasite burrows into human tissue
>>(usually in the face), where it then begins to multiply. In addition
>>to being spread by insects, it can also be contracted through blood
>>transfusions.
>>
>>After cases of chagas were reportedly discovered to have been spread
>>by transfusions in Canada, that nation began testing all blood
>>donations for the disease.
>>
>>For 40 years, the number of recorded cases of leprosy within the
>>United States totaled 900. Today, we know of more than 7,000 current
>>cases of leprosy in the U.S.
>>
>>Dr. John Levis of New York's Bellevue Hospital's Hansen Disease Clinic
>>said of America's documented cases of leprosy: 'There are probably
>>many, many more and they are spreading."
>>
>>Most of those in the U.S. who are suffering from leprosy are from
>>Mexico, India, Brazil, and the Caribbean. However, there are a few
>>documented cases in which the person became infected with leprosy
>>inside the U.S. The majority of the cases have been discovered in this
>>nation's northeastern region.
>>
>>Once thought to be nearly eradicated in this country, TB is now making
>>a strong comeback. In a recent interview with Mother Jones Magazine,
>>Dr. Reichman of The New Jersey TB Clinic recently said: In the 1990's,
>>cases among foreign born Americans rose from 29 percent to 41.6
>>percent. Antibiotic resistant strains from Mexico have migrated to
>>Texas. Since three years ago, 16,000 new cases of TB were discovered
>>in the United States. Half were foreign born. Strains of TB once only
>>found in Mexico have migrated to the border states of Texas, Arizona,
>>New Mexico, and California. It will move north as illegal aliens work
>>in restaurants as cooks, dishwashers, and food handlers. We sit on the
>>edge of a potential catastrophe."
>>
>>In 2001, New York's Tuberculosis Control Program discovered that 81
>>percent of that city's new cases of TB were attributed to immigrants
>>
>>Cases of TB are now being found in many areas of the country, where
>>there are high concentrations of illegal immigrants. In March of 2002,
>>The Washington Post reported that Virginia's Prince William County
>>experienced a 188 percent increase of TB infections over the previous
>>year. Yes, the streets of Prince William County are over-run with
>>illegal aliens seeking day-laborer jobs.
>>
>>Last year, the rate of TB in the northern part of Virginia rose 17
>>percent. The Va. Department of Health blamed the rise on that region's
>>recent flood of illegal immigrants. Many strains of TB are being found
>>in certain neighborhoods, which are dominated by illegal Latin
>>American immigrants.
>>
>>The threats posed to our country by illegal immigration are many.
>>However, our political leaders will undoubtedly continue to ignore
>>them. Our own president is willing to place all Americans at risk, in
>>exchange for securing the Latino vote for the Republican Party.
>>
>>[ed note: they know most Latinos won't vote Republican. It's
>>being done to supply slave labor to the upper class and to
>>eliminate the white middle class]
>>
>>If left unchecked, illegal immigration will destroy this nation one
>>way or another.
>>
>>http://www.rense.com/general75/shanty.htm
> 
> 
> And our worthless government does nothing to stop the flood of
> illegals.
> 
> greg
> 
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> 
> 
That's what we get for having Republicans in the White House.