Along with Illegal Immigrants, Infectious Diseases are Crossing Americaâs Border

David Gergen : Illegal immigrants, infectious diseases are crossing Americaâs border.

Gergen says the CDC reports cases of TB have shot up 34% from 2020 to 2023.

He says New York City is leading destination for illegal aliens, where the incidence of TB is 2.5 times higher than the national average.

Because they are ignorant of good hygiene measures, children are great transmitters of infectious diseases, Gergen writes.

Tropical diseases that are “endemic in warmer, wetter, and poorer areas of the world, often closer to the equator,” such as schistosomiasis, Chagas disease, dengue, and Chikungunya .

Polio remains endemic in Pakistan , Afghanistan , Nigeria and Pakistan .

Currently, 770,000 Venezuelan migrants are living in the U.S ..