THE BLAZE 10/10/2014.

Submitted by: Nancy Battle

Border Agents Catch East African Man Trying to Sneak Into U.S. ­ Why It’s Scaring Them in Light of the Ebola Outbreak

Published October 10, 2014 at 11:11 am


THE BLAZE | U.S. Border Patrol agents say an incident along the Texas-Mexico border Wednesday night is a clear warning that they are not prepared to deal with the threat of people infected with Ebola and other communicable diseases trying to cross into the United States.

Agents in the Rio Grande Valley border sector apprehended a man from the eastern African nation of Eritrea who was trying to cross illegally into the U.S.

Agents told TheBlaze it isn’t the first time they’ve apprehended someone from Africa or “special interest aliens” – persons from nations with known terrorist ties – trying to cross the border. But in this case, the potential for disease, not terrorism, was their primary concern.

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