Rep. Luis Gutierrez: 600,000 DREAMERS is only a down payment!

[Zippyjuan]

In 1999, Mexico was the country of origin for 23% (1,753) of all foreign-born persons with TB. Of TB cases among Mexican-born persons, three fourths were reported from the four U.S. states bordering Mexico: California, 820 cases; Texas, 364 cases; Arizona, 67 cases; and New Mexico, 17 cases (3). In 1999, TB cases among Mexican-born persons represented approximately 25% of all reported TB in the four border states. Incidence of TB was higher for the majority of border counties than the national TB rate.

That is less than ten percent of all TB cases in the US that year.

Nationally, the number of TB cases reported in the United States has declined for the seventh straight year. In 1999, TB cases declined 5% from 18,371 in 1998 to 17,528 in 1999. The number of TB cases in the State of California has also declined for the seventh straight year. The latest decline was at 6.4% from 3,855 in1998 to 3,608 in 1999.

Note also that cases of TB have been going down even when the number of illegal aliens in the country went up. If immigrants were a major source, cases should have been rising along with their population.

 

[johnwk]

Note also that cases of TB have been going down even when the number of illegal aliens in the country went up. If immigrants were a major source, cases should have been rising along with their population.

We are talking about states where the majority of these illegal aliens are, and the fact is, TB cases are on the rise in these States!


The last REPORT (Preventing and Controlling Tuberculosis Along the U.S.-Mexico Border) I read prepared by the CDC staff members in 2001 begins as follows:

Converging factors contribute to elevated tuberculosis (TB) incidence and complicate case management in the U.S. states bordering Mexico.

More recently, in March of 2013, I read an article titled Risk of Deadly TB Exposure Grows Along U.S.-Mexico Border, which states:

”North of the border, in San Diego, the overall TB rate is around twice the U.S. national average. Los Angeles is grappling with its worst TB outbreak in a decade, and police have been reminded to use face masks when encountering those who are sick. "You can learn from San Diego how things could play out in the heartland of America," says Richard Kiy, chief executive of International Community Foundation, a public foundation that supports treatment of drug-resistant TB patients at Dr. Laniado-Laborin's clinic and elsewhere in Baja California”.

And not too long ago the following was released: Tuberculosis, a rising immigration concern on the border

Published on Jun 30, 2014

”Emory law professor and immigration expert Polly Price says tuberculosis is on the rise among Mexican- and Latin American-born persons, and it's a concern along the border, especially with the influx of children recently.”


Are you really suggesting there is not an imminent health threat from the ongoing invasion of our borders from Mexico and Central America?



JWK

 

[Zippyjuan]

Are you really suggesting there is not an imminent health threat from the ongoing invasion of our borders from Mexico and Central America?

There is no evidence that there is an imminent health threat but lots of fear- mongering going on. On a per-capita (or per 100,000 people) Alaska actually had the most cases of TB in 2013- nearly five times the national average. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6311a2.htm In absolute numbers, yes- the most cases were found in California, Texas, New York, and Florida but they also are the largest states in terms of population. Based on ethnic groups, the ones most likely to have it were actually Asians- not hispanics. And even with more kids coming this year, the number of TB cases in the country still went down. Foreign born cases of TB have declined by nearly half since just 2000.

Compared with the national TB incidence rate of 3.0 cases per 100,000 population, the median incidence rate in reporting areas was 2.2 per 100,000 population, ranging from zero in Wyoming to 9.7 per 100,000 population in Alaska (Figure 1). Thirty-three states had lower rates in 2013 than in 2012. Nine states and the District of Columbia had incidence rates higher than the national rate. In 2013, as in 2012, four states (California, Texas, New York, and Florida) reported more than 500 cases each. Combined, these four states accounted for 4,917 TB cases, 51.3% of all TB cases reported in 2013.

Among U.S.-born persons, the number and rate of TB cases decreased in 2013. The 3,377 TB cases reported among U.S.-born persons (35.4% of all cases with known national origin) were 7.6% fewer than the number reported in 2012 and 61.0% fewer than the number reported in 2000 (Figure 2). The rate of 1.2 per 100,000 population among U.S.-born persons is an 8.4% decrease since 2012 and a 64.7% decrease since 2000.

Among foreign-born persons in the United States, the number and rate of TB cases also decreased in 2013. A total of 6,172 TB cases were reported among foreign-born persons (64.6% of all cases in persons with known national origin), a 1.6% decrease since 2012 and a 19.0% decrease since 2000. The 15.6 cases per 100,000 population TB rate among foreign-born persons is a 2.1% decrease since 2012 and a 41.1% decrease since 2000. In 2013, 54.2% of foreign-born persons with TB and known country of birth originated from five countries: 1,233 (20.0%) from Mexico, 776 (12.6%) from the Philippines, 495 (8.0%) from India, 454 (7.4%) from Vietnam, and 377 (6.1%) from China.

The TB incidence rate among Asians was the highest among all racial/ethnic groups and was 25.9 times higher than the incidence rate among whites (Table). Although incidence rates among all racial/ethnic groups declined in 2013, the decrease was greater among whites (9.2%) and blacks (7.5%) than among Hispanics (5.3%) and Asians (0.3%). Among persons with TB, 95% of Asians, 75% of Hispanics, 40% of blacks, and 23% of whites were foreign-born. Among U.S.-born persons, the incidence rate among blacks was 6.2 times higher than among whites.

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6311a2.htm

 

[Zippyjuan]

Rate in Texas falling.
http://kut.org/post/tuberculosis-rates-falling-travis-county-texas-and-nation

This Sunday is World T-B Day, a day to help raise awareness about the health and economic affects of tuberculosis.

The rate of tuberculosis cases in Texas is going down by an average of 4 percent annually. In Travis County, the number of cases has dropped steadily over the past few years after a recent rise in cases. There were 37 cases in 2012, 52 cases in 2011 and 67 in 2010.

 

[Philhelm]

Two people together is a Party. Party of 2 sir?

Two people together can also be conspiracy.

 

[johnwk]

Rate in Texas falling.
http://kut.org/post/tuberculosis-rates-falling-travis-county-texas-and-nation

Your information is old and dated. Why do you post figures from 2012 and ignore more recent information concerning the rise in TB along bordering states which I posted? Did you simply overlook the dates?


JWK

 

[Zippyjuan]

2013 is "old and dated" (my first post)? The "influx" of unaccompanied minors did not start this year but back in 2010- it just hit the news this year so even 2012 is current enough.

But if you want more data:
http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/idcu/disease/tb/

In 2011, 1,325 cases of tuberculosis (TB) were reported in Texas, a rate of five per 100,000 population.

http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/idcu/disease/tb/

Has that gone up or down?

In 2013, 1,222 cases of tuberculosis (TB) were reported in Texas, a rate of 4.6 per 100,000 population.

https://www.dshs.state.tx.us/idcu/disease/tb/statistics/

100 fewer cases last year than in 2011. Note too that the rate per 100,000 people is also lower. Statistics from the same source- just different dates so comparison is valid.

 

[johnwk]

2013 is "old and dated" …?

Yup! Old and dated and intentionally ignores that the number of drug-resistant TB cases is up and on the rise! Aside from that, and more to the point, your failure to show concern about the devastating effects which the ongoing invasion of our southern border is having on the general welfare of the United States is very telling and is the same unpatriotic attitude which Rep. Luis Gutierrez displays. He is more concerned about the general welfare of those who invade our borders than he is about American Citizens who are having their communities devastated by the lawless who are invading the borders of the United States.

For an example of the effects this ongoing invasion is having in communities around our country see: Lynn officials: Illegal immigrant children are stressing city services

Jul 14, 2014

LYNN, Mass. (MyFoxBoston.com) -- Lynn is a municipality on the brink. Key department officials say a recent influx of illegal immigrant children and families in the city is stressing almost every service from trash collection to healthcare.


"We have been aware of the unaccompanied children issue for quite a while, and we were able to absorb a lot of these children early on," said Lynn Mayor Judith Flanagan Kennedy. "But now it's gotten to the point where the school system is overwhelmed, our health department is overwhelmed, the city's budget is being sustainably altered in order of accommodate all of these admissions in the school department."



Rep. Luis Gutierrez’s desire to flood America with the poverty stricken, uneducated, unskilled and disease carrying populations of central America is an outright attack on the general welfare of the United States, and it is consuming scarce resources needed to help citizens of the United States who are poor and in need.

JWK

The Obama Administration is employing the same cowardly tactics used by Hamas. They hide behind woman and children while flooding our country with the poverty stricken populations of other countries!

 

[Zippyjuan]

Yup! Old and dated and intentionally ignores that the number of drug-resistant TB cases is up and on the rise!

How many cases a year?

Looking at the disease globally, in 2013 there were 72 cases of drug-resistant TB in the United States. In 2012 there were 64,000 cases in India and 59,000 in China. The more people and the closer their proximity, the easier the disease spreads.

All sources- not just illegal immigrants. Country of over 300,000,000. http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/28/health/return-white-plague-incurable-tb/ That makes it extremely rare so no, I am not going to get worked up into a frenzy and demand a bigger military/ national security complex to try to tackle this "major" issue.

devastated by the lawless who are invading the borders of the United States.

I have already posted charts showing that even as the number of illegal immigrants in this country rose, crime rates fell- fairly dramatically. Where is the impact of this "lawless horde"?

 

[Zippyjuan]

How many cases of drug resistant TB have been found in Texas?

TB is curable with proper treatment. However, some strains of TB are resistant to the drugs used for treatment. In 2013, six people in Texas were diagnosed with multi-drug resistant TB. One case of extensively drug resistant TB, a type of TB that is resistant to most drugs typically used for treatment, was reported in Texas.

https://www.dshs.state.tx.us/idcu/disease/tb/statistics/

Seven would be a rising number but still not a significant one. And again, that it all cases from all people in the entire state- not just immigrants or illegal immigrants.

 

[johnwk]

How many ......

Your failure to show concern about the devastating effects which the ongoing invasion of our southern border is having on the general welfare of the United States is very telling and is the same unpatriotic attitude which Rep. Luis Gutierrez displays. He is more concerned about the general welfare of those who invade our borders than he is about American Citizens who are having their communities devastated by the lawless who are invading the borders of the United States.

For an example of the effects this ongoing invasion is having in communities around our country see: Lynn officials: Illegal immigrant children are stressing city services

Jul 14, 2014

LYNN, Mass. (MyFoxBoston.com) -- Lynn is a municipality on the brink. Key department officials say a recent influx of illegal immigrant children and families in the city is stressing almost every service from trash collection to healthcare.


"We have been aware of the unaccompanied children issue for quite a while, and we were able to absorb a lot of these children early on," said Lynn Mayor Judith Flanagan Kennedy. "But now it's gotten to the point where the school system is overwhelmed, our health department is overwhelmed, the city's budget is being sustainably altered in order of accommodate all of these admissions in the school department."



Rep. Luis Gutierrez’s desire to flood America with the poverty stricken, uneducated, unskilled and disease carrying populations of central America is an outright attack on the general welfare of the United States, and it is consuming scarce resources needed to help citizens of the United States who are poor and in need.

JWK

The Obama Administration is employing the same cowardly tactics used by Hamas. They hide behind woman and children while flooding our country with the poverty stricken populations of other countries!

 

[johnwk]

Luis Gutierrez's 600,000 dreamers are bankrupting Brooks County, Texas

Yo, ZIPPY Juan, did you see: Texas County Facing Bankruptcy--Due to Illegal Immigration?


April 22nd 2014


”The increasing costs of rescuing illegal immigrants in Brooks County, south of Corpus Christi, and the costs of picking up the bodies of the immigrants who don’t make it, is coming close to bankrupting the small county, 1200 WOAI news reports.”



And what does Rep. Luis Gutierrez have to say? ” 600,000 DREAMERS is only a down payment”


Hey Zippy, Bernadette Lancelin has a MESSAGE for Obama and your beloved Luis Gutierrez

JWK

 

[HOLLYWOOD]

All according to plan... if you carefully put the timelines together of Barry and Eric, it gives you their operational objectives from the beginning. Congressman Luis Gutierrez is part of the "Supporting Cast".

May 2014... No School Choice: Holder Mandates Schools Must Enroll Children of Illegal Immigrants