“The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) policy manual notes that the CDC requires that immigrants receive flu vaccines.”
“People are needlessly suffering and dying,” Dr. Marie DeLuca . She and other doctors were refused entry to the Chula Vista Border Patrol Station in San Ysidro, San Diego, in order to give flu vaccinations. “You can't lock people up in inhumane conditions, watch them get sick, and then refuse them access to medical care.
The group explains that not only does the spread of the flu harm and potentially kill immigrants, it also has the potential to cause outbreaks throughout the country. In particular, children “are most likely to be infected and are the major spreaders of influenza,” “The CDC [Centers for Disease Control] currently recommends that all individuals above the age of 6 months receive a flu vaccine by the end of October 2019 to protect against the disease for the current flu season,” the doctors wrote.
And, critically: “the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services policy manual notes that the CDC requires that immigrants receive flu vaccines.” But on Tuesday, the Department of Homeland Security tweeted: “Of course Border Patrol isn't going to let a random group of radical political activists show up and start injecting people with drugs.” “it would take less than a half an hour to administer vaccines to more than 100 children” via a free mobile flu clinic doctors have set up directly outside the San Diego CBP facility.
In a continued denial of the horrific reality that migrants and refugees are stuck in detention indefinitely, a Customs and Border Protection agent told the paper: “Individuals in CBP custody should generally not be held for longer than 72 hours in either CBP hold rooms or holding facilities. ... As a law enforcement agency, and due to the short-term nature of CBP holding and other logistical challenges, operating a vaccine program is not feasible.
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