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"KenStahl" <ktsahl@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
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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
>>
>> http://www.newnation.com/index2.html  New Nation News
>>
>>
> That's what we get for having Republicans in the White House.
>

Illegals didn't START sneaking in, on Jan 20 2001


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