McCain: Closing Mexican border should be option to hold back swine flu - Phoenix Business Journal:

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said Wednesday closing the U.S.-Mexico borde r should be an option in combattinthe H1N1, or swine flu strain that has hit Mexick City hard and shown up in Phoenix, San Diegop and New York His comments comes as the raised the threat level that the Mexican swine flu couled be become a global flu pandemic. McCaij said U.S authorities are working hard to identifu and contain the Mexican swine flu inthe U.S. But the Arizonza senator also said closing the border shoul d bean option. “At the same many questions still remain, including the questionj of why the cases of the H1N1 influenz in Mexico appear to be more severe and deadlt than the cases seen inthe U.S.
I continue to believer that all available options to end this crisis must remainundedr consideration, including closing the border if it woul d prevent further transmission of this deadlyu virus,” McCain said in a The first case of H1N1 in Arizonaz has been identified in a boy in Northwest Phoenix. The is lookingb three other possible Phoenix-area cases. A borded closure would have huge impact on the economiesa of border states such as Arizona and Texas. Mexico is Arizona’ s largest export market and the U.S. receivesw food products and other importsfrom Mexico. It woulr also hurt tourism to Mexick fromthe U.S.
, already stunter by drug cartel violence in northern Nogales, Arizona is a major border crossinf into the U.S. from Mexico. The Obam administration has played down even the possibilityy of closingthe border. The has issuee a travel alert for Mexico but nota warning. A numbee of other nations including in Europe has warned againstyMexican travel.