No HHS-Community Collaboration, Precautions on Release of Tuberculosis-Infected Immigrant Children: Analyst

Thousands of immigrant children who entered the United States unlawfully have been released from government custody into communities in the United States over the course of a year—from June to May this year. However, several thousand of these children tested positive for latent tuberculosis (TB). A latent infection means that the person does not show symptoms, and is not at risk of infecting others. But the patient can develop active TB disease—which is infectious to others—if their immune system is weakened. We hear more from an immigration analyst about this release, which has recently been disclosed by the Department of Health and Human Services.