Our southern border is leaking like a sieve, with thousands of illegal immigrants, including unaccompanied children, streaming into Texas and other border states. Texas Governor Rick Perry, in the thick of the border surge, calls it a “national disaster.” But it’s more than humans crossing the border. Along with many of the immigrants are hitchhikers of a much smaller variety, namely bacteria and other microorganisms that may cause far greater problems than the human toll of the border tsunami. A whistleblower from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) characterized the flow of illegal immigrants across the border as, “bringing with it tuberculosis and other communicable diseases.” ICE isn’t screening for infectious diseases, instead relying on self-reporting. Immigrants are not detained for further health screening, “unless they tell us they’re sick,” according to the ICE agent. Symptoms of TB, according to the CDC,...(Read Full Post)