US military official warns of mass migration if Ebola erupts in the Caribbean
Marine General John F Kelly also implied that established Central American illegal trafficking networks could introduce the infected into the US.
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"If it comes to the Western Hemisphere, the countries that we're talking about have almost no ability to deal with it -- particularly in Haiti and Central America," said Kelly during remarks at a panel Tuesday on security issues in the Western Hemisphere at the National Defence University here.
"It will make the 68,000 unaccompanied minors look like a small problem," he added. "I think you've seen this so many times in the past, when in doubt, take off," he said.
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This is one more nonsense.The USA is not ready for ebony and it's a giant and epitome of science.Stop discrim in ate against Haiti.This is a repeat of 4 Hey or HIV.Is this person trying to say close the borders to
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