Migrants don’t bring disease. In fact, they help fight it, report says

Migration also boosts economies, the new report notes.

People who oppose immigration often argue that migrants bring disease with them, and that they then become a burden to health systems in their new countries because they’re so sick.

But that’s not true, a team of experts argued in a new report released Wednesday.

In fact, they point out that immigrants make up a significant portion of the healthcare work forces in their new homelands.

View the complete December 5 article by Maggie Fox on the NBC News website here.