Question

The border agents gave the New Immigrants medical checkups. If they discovered that a person had____________, they would not be allowed to enter the United States.
A) smallpox
B) measles
C) whooping cough
D) trachoma (eye disease)

Answer 1

Well, my mother is a paralegal and she does immigration papers, but that's when they already pass the border. All of those seem contagious, but I don't know. :(

Answer 2

"The immigrants who came to the United States carrying a contagious disease were also not permitted entry." - 1891 Immigration Act