(CNN)Despite reassurances from the federal government, some members of Congress say they worry migrant children won’t be safe from the flu this season. In the last flu season, three children died of the flu while in the custody of US Customs and Border Protection. As in many areas around the United States this year, the flu has made an early appearance along the Southwest border, with high levels of flu activity in Texas and Arizona. Flu is getting an early start in the US this season Read More At a news conference Monday, Mark Morgan, acting commissioner of US Customs and Border Protection, said his agency has complied with “a lot” of the flu-fighting recommendations issued in January by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “It’s really incredible what has transpired,” he said. The CDC made its 10-page report after visits to five CBP facilities in Texas and Arizona, prompted by reports of respiratory illnesses among migrants. Despite the CDC’s recommendations to take steps to fight the flu, two more migrant children died of the flu after the report was sent. Now some members of Congress say they don’t want to just take Morgan’s word for it that… Read full this story
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