Jail Checks Nativo Lopez asks council to end the federal inspections of immigration status. Last year, Florida had 1,281 reported tuberculosis cases, making it sixth in the country. Part of the reason is because of Florida s appeal to immigrants from areas of the world where TB thrives, such as Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Ecuador. One-third of the world s population is infected.
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Five US senators are working on a 'guest worker' program.