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This 4 page paper discusses the way in which Homeland Security could potentially compromise the INS in its duties, particularly with regard to epidemiology. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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in which the new Homeland Security Agency could impact the work of the Director of the Immigration and Naturalization Service with regard to epidemiology. It presents a statement to Congress
as to why INS needs to be free from Homeland Security oversight with regard to population studies. Discussion As noted above, epidemiology is the study of diseases: whos sick, how
they got sick, if theyre contagious, the pattern of the spread, and what population groups are most at risk. The INS plays a very important role in dealing with disease
in immigrant populations. For instance, it is the INS that interviews individuals who apply for "refugee admission to the United States" (Cochran, 2002). People applying for admission as refugees fall
into one of three categories: asylees, parolees and immigrants (Cochran, 2002). Ayslees are "persons who are in the United States and make their claim for refugee protection here, rather than
from overseas. Like refugees, asylum applicants seek protection based on persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution" (Cochran, 2002). Parolees would not normally be admitted, but are "allowed to enter
temporarily for humanitarian, medical, and legal reasons" (Cochran, 2002). Immigrants of course are admitted to the U.S. as legal permanent residents (Cochran, 2002). All of the people may present health
problems, but refugees are perhaps most at risk, since many of them "come from areas where disease control, diagnosis and treatment are lacking and health systems and surveillance are interrupted.
Further, vastly different health care beliefs, and cultural and linguistic barriers impede access to information and services" (Cochran, 2002). It is therefore one of the missions of the INS to
decide whether such people pose a risk to the population at large, and one of the ways to do that, as noted above, is via an interview. However, if the
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