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Shut Mexican Border: US Lawmaker

Massa says swine flu necessitates 'immediate' closure

By Jason Farago,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 26, 2009 10:27 AM CDT
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(Newser) – A Democratic member of the House Homeland Security Committee has called for the US-Mexico border to be closed as the number of swine flu cases continues to mount, reports the Hill. Eric Massa of New York said that swine flu is "a serious threat to the health of the American public" and that the border should be shut "immediately and completely until this is resolved." So far cases have been reported in three American states, but none have been fatal.

"I see this as a serious threat to the health of the American public and I do not believe this issue is receiving the attention it needs to have in the news," Massa said.

Eric Massa, Democrat of New York, has called for the immediate closure of the US-Mexico border.
Eric Massa, Democrat of New York, has called for the immediate closure of the US-Mexico border.   (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson, File)
Mexico is struggling with a new strain of swine flu that has killed 68 and sickened more than 1,000. The WHO declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern.
Mexico is struggling with a new strain of swine flu that has killed 68 and sickened more than 1,000. The WHO declared the outbreak a "public health emergency of international concern."   (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Julio Cortez)
A woman, wearing a surgical mask, sits in front of Mexico's National Institute for Respiratory Illnesses, INER, in Mexico City, Mexico, Friday, April 24, 2009.
A woman, wearing a surgical mask, sits in front of Mexico's National Institute for Respiratory Illnesses, INER, in Mexico City, Mexico, Friday, April 24, 2009.   (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
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riffran
Apr 27, 2009 6:52 AM CDT
never type while half asleep...I just re-read ....ooops
riffran
Apr 27, 2009 5:16 AM CDT
shut down the border?.I don't know about that......not sure thats even possible, without armed people enforcing it...but sxcreening all crossers for sighn and symptoms....maybe but ti would be a nightmare in logistics
NxBigmouthery
Apr 26, 2009 8:53 AM CDT
No attention huh? If it's making top story in Australia (http://www.abc.net.au/news/sto...) I imagine it's getting a good run closer to home.
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Congress • Mexico • Mexican border • outbreak • border • swine flu • Eric Massa • US-Mexico border

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