Florida Surgeon General, Dr. Joseph Ladapo. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) TNS

When Florida’s surgeon general, Joseph Ladapo, announced his plan last month to get rid of all vaccine mandates in his state, he referenced “medical freedom” and letting people do whatever they want with their bodies. Nevertheless, vaccine mandates are integral to current and past United States legal immigration policy. Under U.S. immigration laws , a foreigner who applies for an immigrant visa or seeks to adjust status to that of a lawful permanent resident while in the U.S., must provide proof of vaccination to prevent mumps, measles, rubella, polio, tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), haemophilus influenzae type B and hepatitis B.  Otherwise, they ar

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