It isn’t in the establishment’s plan to close the border, and while Bush was an open borders guy, he was not alone. It isn’t fair to blame the swine flu on him. Many, if not all, of the cases in the US are from folks who traveled there and brought it back.
Closing the borders long ago would have avoided this potential epidemic.
I don't think that's true. What about the cases in Texas and CA? Were they brought back from border jumpers? Or, do you know for certain they weren't?
WASHINGTON, April 26 (Reuters) - The United States is not testing airplane travelers from Mexico for the swine flu virus that has heightened fears of a possible pandemic, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said on Sunday.
“Right now we don’t think the facts warrant more active testing or screening of passengers coming in from Mexico,” she said at a White House briefing.
While that may be true...illegal aliens are causing a re-emergence of illnesses we had eradicated. And there is no excuse for our borders having not been secured on 9/12.
Oh sure, we have millions of Mexicans crossing into the U.S. illegally, but it's only the stupid American tourist bringing this disease in.