Migrant influx after Title 42 expiration creating a 'public health emergency,' Dr. Marc Siegel warns

Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marc Siegel warns of the medical and public health consequences the U.S. could face with the expiration of Title 42.

Madeline Coggins is a Digital Production Assistant on the Fox News flash team with Fox News Digital.

DR. MARC SIEGEL: It wasn't enough even then, even when COVID was the stated reason. We're dealing with a situation which is a public health crisis by definition. Over 80,000 crossings last week alone. We don't have the ability to screen people that are coming here illegally. They're not announcing that they're coming. First of all, those regions at the border are medically underserved to begin with, the entire region. And there's a health professional shortage there. There are no doctors. There are no nurses. There's a tremendous amount of obesity and diabetes to begin with. Then we're talking about things like tuberculosis, where two-thirds of the foreign cases come across that border. We can't treat them. 

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