re: The Immigration Crisis.

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It's crazy you see these airport security shows on Netflix where they freak out about a tiny bug that comes into our country, but it's okay for a undocumented human coming in illegally and then it should be our problem.

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Precisely. One of the most important aspects of legal immigration is the vetting of the health of the potential immigrant. Thousands of potential European immigrants were turned away and sent back from Ellis Island because they had diseases.

Illegal aliens are carrying diseases across the border with them that we haven't seen as big problems in decades. Most specifically, tuberculosis is rebounding as a major health problem. 30% of the Mexican population carries the TB bacterium.

Bovine TB, which is actually a human form, had been wiped out in the U.S. until illegal aliens reintroduced it into California and Texas. Unless we can select immigrants based upon their health, we risk the well-being of our resident population.