Illegal Quarantined With Tuberculosis

(Macon, Georgia) The Putnam County Sheriff's deputies have detained an illegal alien from Guatemala, Jamie Romero, for failing to take his medication for tuberculosis.

Romero is being treated by the Health Department at the Putnam County Jail. Sheriff Howard Simms says Romero is not in handcuffs, and has not been arrested. Jail staff are wearing masks to avoid TB contamination.

Ten other illegals were rounded up by deputies and Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) agents for deportation.

One man infected with TB remains missing.