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By Sara A. Carter and Audrey Hudson
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill criticized Homeland Security officials for allowing a Mexican national infected with a highly contagious form of tuberculosis to cross U.S. borders 76 times and take multiple flights on U.S. airlines.
Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine — ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee — and John Cornyn of Texas are demanding an investigation of the agency and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).”This troubling incident appears to be another outrageous failure of a border security system that is struggling to keep pace with modern threats,” Miss Collins said. “It is disturbing that DHS does not have better systems in place for collecting, disseminating, and acting on such information. Following the incident with Mr. Speaker, DHS and the Centers for Disease Control instituted a formal memorandum of understanding to govern information sharing.
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