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Trump Administration Has Fired Health Inspectors at Some Border Stations [1]

['Apoorva Mandavilli', 'Emily Anthes']

Date: 2025-02-19

At the nation’s borders, federal workers keep the country safe in many ways: Some investigate sick passengers. Some examine animals for dangerous pathogens. And some inspect plants for infestations that could spread in this country.

Late last week, the Trump administration dispatched hundreds of those federal employees with the same message that colleagues at other agencies received: Their services were no longer needed.

The absence of these federal officers at the borders leaves Americans vulnerable to pathogens carried by plants, animals and people, experts warned.

The firings come even as the Trump administration is said to be readying plans to turn back migrants on the grounds that they might bring diseases like tuberculosis and measles into the country.

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[1] Url: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/health/trump-border-health-inspections.html?searchResultPosition=1

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