Migration Crisis Fueled Rise In Tuberculosis Cases, Study Finds

The migration crisis under the Biden-Harris administration fueled a sharp rise in tuberculosis cases in the United States, a report by the Federation for American 🛂Immigration Reform (FAIR) found.

Rates of tuberculosis (TB) in the U.S. have steadily increased since 2021, coinciding with record levels of illegal 🛂Immigration due to lax border enforcement rules, according to a study published Wednesday by FAIR, a Washington, D.C.,-based organization that advocates for lower levels of 🛂Immigration. The study found that the TB infection rate rose by 34% between 2020 and 2023, and 76% of TB cases in 2023 occurred in foreign-born patients.

“As migrants move into communities all across the United States, unsuspecting Americans are exposed to a potentially deadly disease,” FAIR president Dan Stein stated. “Of acute concern to many Americans is the risk posed to their children who may find themselves in classrooms with recently arrived migrants who are infected with TB.”

“TB is not only a highly communicable disease, it is also one that poses long-term health consequences to those who contract it,” Stein continued. “The cost of treating each case of TB is not trivial, sometimes exceeding $500,000 if the case is extensively drug-resistant.”