U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) sources confirmed Friday three migrants arrived at the border in El Paso with tuberculosis, according to Griff Jenkins of Fox News.
“BREAKING: CBP sources confirm to FOX News that there are ** three confirmed cases of Tuberculosis ** among migrants in the El Paso sector… further complicating the already daunting task of managing an overwhelming number arriving daily,” Jenkins, a national correspondent for Fox News, wrote on Twitter.
Although there has been a surge in illegal immigration since the end of Title 42 in May, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre claimed Biden is “stopping the flow at the border” during an August press conference. The Trump-era expulsion policy turned away asylum seekers at the border if there was a “serious danger to the introduction of [a communicable] disease into the United States.”
BREAKING: CBP sources confirm to FOX News that there are ** three confirmed cases of Tuberculosis ** among migrants in the El Paso sector… further complicating the already daunting task of managing an overwhelming number arriving daily @FoxNews
— Griff Jenkins (@GriffJenkins) September 22, 2023
Tuberculosis is a contagious bacterial infection that typically attacks the lungs. Symptoms include coughing, chest pain and coughing up blood or phlegm from deep inside the lungs, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The disease can also cause fatigue, chills, fever, night sweats and loss of appetite. (RELATED: BETSY MCCAUGHEY: Biden’s Open Borders Are Bringing Diseases To Your Neighborhood)
Jean-Pierre refused to answer Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy’s question about illegal migrants Thursday, attempting to blame Republicans for the U.S.-Mexico border crisis.
CBP closed two border bridges in Eagle Pass on Wednesday after a few-thousand migrants had crossed in recent days.
The number of illegal immigrants in Border Patrol custody nearly doubled in August, roughly three months after the end of Title 42.
When Daily Caller reached out to CBP for confirmation, CBP said they were not allowed to give any information about detainees.