- New York City health officials are on high alert after detecting measles at a migrant shelter in Brooklyn.
- Two people have tested positive for measles at the Clinton Hill shelter, which houses around 3,000 migrants seeking legal entry into the US.
- Cases of measles have also been reported in a Chicago migrant shelter, leading to an outbreak of 57 cases.
- Asylum seekers are not required to be vaccinated when they reach the US, increasing the risk of outbreaks of contagious diseases in migrant shelters.
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Critics of the Biden administration blame the influx of migrants at the southern border for the spread of diseases like measles, tuberculosis, and flu.
- The US is seeing an uptick in measles cases, with a spike in cases in New York City, where 11 cases have been reported as of July 12.
- Border apprehensions by CBP have soared since 2020, with a record 2.5 million migrants apprehended in 2023.
- Preliminary data from 2024 suggests that border encounter numbers could exceed that of the previous year.
- President Biden’s executive actions have led to a decrease in U.S. Border Patrol apprehensions, removal of noncitizens from Border Patrol, and a decline in illegal crossings by over 50 percent in six weeks.
- The surge in migrants crossing the southern border comes after the President campaigned on amnesty for undocumented immigrants, sparking criticism from Republicans for overseeing what they describe as an open border allowing unchecked entry into the country.
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