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Latinos Make People Sick

1:00 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Alabama|Health|Immigration · 1 Comment

12 Oct 2007

That’s what an Alabama public health official said. Don Williamson said that a growing immigrant Latino population is bringing with them new cases of TB and chickenpox citing a 2006 statistic that out of the 53 reported cases of tuberculosis en Alabama, half of the infected were from Mexico of Guatemala.

But Williamson wasn’t saying this because he wants a crackdown on immigrants. According to him, he was saying just the opposite, that crackdowns on immigrants would lead to less of them seeking healthcare, creating problems for everyone.

Williamson also blamed immigrants for contributing to a rise in the infant mortality rate because many immigrants do not receive adequate prenatal care.

Via / Univision.com

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