CDC REPORT: Illegals Introducing Contagious Diseases in the Country

"The biggest concern I've heard is not that they have diseases, but the fact that they do not vaccinate …"

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(Claire Russel, Liberty Headlines) There are at least 900 confirmed cases of mumps among illegal immigrants detained on the southern border, according to a new report from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Over the past year, diseases along the southern border have skyrocketed as waves of immigrants flood the US seeking asylum.

Mumps outbreaks increased between March and June, as a large number of immigrants arrived at the border.

To date, 898 people have been diagnosed with mumps in 57 detention centers in 19 states, the report said. Thirty-three other cases occurred among Border Patrol personnel.

The CDC concluded that 84% of the cases resulted from an exposure prior to the detention of immigrants, which means that they introduced the disease into the United States.

Earlier this year, an outbreak of mumps among illegal immigrants forced detention centers to quarantine more than 2,000 inmates, according to Reuters.

Immigration officers have also confirmed cases of measles and chickenpox among immigrants crossing the border.

Last year, border patrol officers spent nearly 20,000 hours driving immigrants to hospitals and medical centers, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

Hidalgo County Director Tisha Green said her community simply did not have the resources to treat and prevent these types of diseases at the rate they are entering the country.

"The biggest concern I've heard is not that they have diseases, but that they do not vaccinate," Green said.

"I mean, it would become a county epidemic," she continued. "It was said that a good twenty or so immigrants came in with a border patrol and that all the local residents who were waiting for an appointment were sort of put aside, and several people stood up and are gone because they're I do not want to be struggling with any kind of illness they could cause.