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Coast Guard Medical Personnel to Screen Immigrants at Mexican Border

Posted on December 26, 2018 by Chuck Hill

Border Wall, Brownsville, Texas, Immigrant, Crossing, 2009. Photo by Nofx221984

The DOD news service “Stars & Stripes” is reporting that the Department of Homeland Security is deploying Coast Guard medical personnel to the border with Mexico to screen immigrants.

2 thoughts on “Coast Guard Medical Personnel to Screen Immigrants at Mexican Border”

leesea on December 28, 2018 at 1:10 pm said:

Just wondering if the US Public Health Service medicos could help in this situation?

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- Chuck Hill on December 28, 2018 at 1:40 pm said:
  
  Certainly could. DOD people are already there, but Public Health people don’t answer directly to DHS like Coast Guard people do..
  
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