Rising Measles Cases Driven by Falling Vaccination, Not Illegal Immigration

Rising Measles Cases Driven by Falling Vaccination, Not Illegal Immigration

Rep. Byron Donalds, a Republican from Florida who is running for governor, has blamed “rampant illegal immigration” during the Biden administration for measles outbreaks. But we found no link to illegal immigration in several recent large outbreaks, and infectious disease experts told us that the main driver of the cases is falling measles vaccination rates in the U.S. The post Rising Measles Cases Driven by Falling Vaccination, Not Illegal Immi…

Fact-check: Did illegal immigration cause US measles outbreak?

"[T]he reason why we have seen a measles outbreak in certain parts of the country is because of rampant illegal immigration into the United States from the previous administration," Florida Republican gubernatorial nominee U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds said Aug. 23 on CBS News’ “Face the Nation."