Illegal immigrant with tuberculosis fears county will turn him over to immigration

Skagit Valley Herald ^ | 11/23/2005 | Jennifer Carter

[conservative cat]

This is an older article, but I searched and didn't see it posted. I saw it on our NBC affiliate's (King 5) website, today, because he is in "hiding" now, but this article goes into more detail.

[jamesm51]

I know an illegal in santa barbara, california spread TB to a bunch of children. These problems should not even be happening.

[TCats]

By all means, let's not apprehend him. Jeesh - I mean, if he wasn't able to get in in the first instance he wouldn't be the health threat he was and is. Of course that little factoid is lost on our Lib/Pro Open Boarders Media.

[LNewman]

Jus' LUVed the article and photo with an obviously grinning "Ricardo" in a Playboy cap!

[Nam Vet]

You have no idea how many diseases these "undocumented migrants" are bringing in here. My wife works in a hospital. It's beyond a tragedy.

Nam Vet

[Paul C. Jesup]

I know an illegal in santa barbara, california spread TB to a bunch of children. These problems should not even be happening.

This is classified as bio-terrorism, knowingly speading a disease and refusing, nor seeking treatment for their illness.

[BradyLS]

Just spreading the diseases Americans don't want to spread...

[MillerCreek]

"...He got a job right away cutting cabbage..."

and potentially spreading active TB to anyone/everyone else who handles, even breathes near, much less eats, that cabbage.

[DTogo]

Perhaps the President would like to invite him to the White House for dinner, then hold a press conference on why We the People need to accept his amnesty proposal that would allow 11~15M likely never-been-immunized ILLEGAL aliens into our midst.

Surley the medical costs alone of bringing all these ILLEGAL aliens up to American standards would be more than just sending them all home tomorrow, eh Secretary Chertoff?

Still too expensive and impractical?

[MillerCreek]

Another reason why there used to be institutions for people with TB, places where they were, literally, prevented from leaving and those who visited and worked in and with them were closely monitored.

That was how we got infectious TB in this country under control and it was by forcing people with it into isolation while they were then treated.

Now we'll have to do that all over again but the "public health" dollars are now stretched far more severely due to other deadly and infectious diseases and other illness.

Another reason why legal immigration is so necesssary and illegal alien problem has to be contained.

[Lurker]

It used to be that people with communicable diseases weren't even allowed into this country. Ellis Island quarantined thousands of people when it was operating.

Now we pay for their treatment and help them hide from the Border Patrol. This guy should have been reported to La Migra the minute they diagnosed him and sent home with a 30 day supply of meds.

If he comes back again, he should be incarcerated.

L

[Travis McGee]

"Critics say even the suggestion of turning a patient over to immigration will destroy the health department’s credibility with Skagit County’s illegal immigrants, who make up a large proportion of its clients."

Great! Then send them home!

[Tzimisce]

Great...

[garandgal]

Just a couple of months ago in Kansas (I think) they found a hundred or more workers in a meatpacking plant who were infected with TB.

Nice...sliding backwards into the abyss of the third world, thanks to our worthless leaders and the greed of a few of our fellow citizens.

[dalereed]

Throw all the county officials in jail for harboring criminals.

[Travis McGee]

Put the officials into a jail cell with the TB aliens.

[son of caesar]

exactly, let dear old ricardo live in the halls of congress. why was he put into a hotel, didnt that put the other hotel guests at risk, i mean if cigarette smoke kills from miles away like the libs always tell us, surely tb germs can migrate too. btw, not one guest checking into the motel room was told a tb patient is staying here too. sue the federal govt for endangering citizens, if im on that jury, i triple the award.

[The Red Zone]

With friends like this, who needs enemies.

[joesnuffy]

It's better than just plain old TB this new virulent strain
is far worse...and pretty much incurable...

Americans get to keep it forever....at least as a low grade infection compromising immune systems everywhere...

Illegal aliens.. the ultimate incubators for the ultimate in anti-American bio terrorism.

imo

[BlackbirdSST]

Americans get to keep it forever....

Nah, not forever. We will on the other hand get to spend untold billions in research for the cure, or it WILL wipe us out! Blackbird.