@KNOWITALL Don’t forget that I do have a concern re diseases coming across our borders, but I don’t think illegal people are more likely than legal to bring diseases. American citizens travel and bring back diseases, we aren’t regularly checking them. There is so much travel now it is different than 100 years ago. My husband has to get a health check and vaccinated when he became a green card or citizen, I don’t remember which, I think it was for citizenship. Our government still does that.
Our southern border states for many years had more HepA risk because of immigrants. Growing up in the northeast it was extremely rare for me to hear someone had Hep A. My husband, who is Mexican, he and his siblings all had it as children, and his sister was shocked to find out I don’t know anyone personally who has had it except them.
TB also, I agree that comes in through our borders, but we have it here also anyway. I know way more than one person positive for exposure. Especially drug addicts and hospital workers are positive.
I’m with you on caring about our borders regarding health, but it’s very difficult to control it now.
Republican politicians usefully make immigrants the boogie man to get elected.
Coronavirus did not likely travel from Latin America to the US, it is more likely we infected them.