Friday, October 14, 2016

296 refugees in Minnesota diagnosed with active TB, majority are from Somalia-Breitbart, Leahy

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10/13/16, "296 Refugees Diagnosed with Active TB in Minnesota, Ten Times Any Other State; Majority Are Somalis," Breitbart, Leahy

"Two hundred and ninety-six refugees were diagnosed with active tuberculosis (TB) between 2010 and 2014 in Minnesota, according to the Minnesota Department of Health....

Though the Refugee Act of 1980 requires that the federal government “consult with” state, local, and county governments prior to the placement of refugees in those jurisdictions, that requirement has been largely ignored by the federal government....

Placement of refugees in specific states is determined by the Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migrants, in consultation with the director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement, which is part of the Department of Health and Human Services....

Breitbart News previously reported that 22 percent of refugees arriving in Minnesota tested positive for latent TB infection at the time of their initial domestic medical screening....

Dahir Adan, who attacked ten Americans in a mall in St. Cloud, Minnesota on September 17 before he was shot and killed by an armed off-duty police officer, was a Somali refugee who arrived in North Dakota in the 1990s and subsequently moved to Minnesota, where he was a resident at the time of his death."...




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