One of the difference between legal and illegal immigration is that immigrants who come here legally are screened to determine whether they fall into one of the classes of migrants who are ineligible for admission into the United States. The term “immigrant “ means any alien who has not been classified as a nonimmigrant visitor.

This screening isn’t just to identify immigrants who are inadmissible because they are criminals or terrorists. It also identifies immigrants who “have a communicable disease of public health significance.” A medical examination is required of immigrants who are seeking admission into the United States.

It isn’t feasible to require nonimmigrant visitors to have medical examinations. Among other difficulties, there are too many of them. Approximately 132 million nonimmigrants were admitted in fiscal 2023.

Also, the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA ) requires immigrants to establish that they have been vaccinated against certain vaccine-preventable diseases, such as, “mumps, measles, rubella, polio, tetanus and diphtheria toxoids, pertussis, influenza type B and hepatitis B, and other vaccinations that have been recommended by CDC’s Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices.”

According to Tom Homan, the border czar, “Despite immigration law to the contrary, no vaccinations are being required for entry, or administered after entry, to millions of migrants entering the country illegally now.”

“The completely predictable result is that not only are migrant centers themselves hotbeds for outbreaks of preventable infectious diseases, but doctors’ offices, clinics, emergency rooms and hospitals across the United States are being overwhelmed by illegal aliens who are ill with diseases the U.S. had previously eradicated within its borders.”

Is Homan right? I think he is.

Read more at
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigrat...cal-screening/

Published originally on The Hill.
Nolan Rappaport was detailed to the House Judiciary Committee as an Executive Branch Immigration Law Expert for three years. He subsequently served as an immigration counsel for the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and Claims for four years. Prior to working on the Judiciary Committee, he wrote decisions for the Board of Immigration Appeals for 20 years.