(Natural News) Thousands of migrant invaders trying to rush the United States border via Mexico are reportedly now having to undergo medical treatment because they're infected with life-threatening diseases, reveal figures just released from Tijuana's Health Department.

Officials in Mexico say that at least one third of the illegal caravan's 6,000 members are suffering from HIV, tuberculosis, or one or more of a number of other serious illnesses that are putting local populations at risk of infection.

"There are three confirmed cases of tuberculosis, four cases of HIV / AIDS and four separate cases of chickenpox," explains a Tijuana Health Department spokesman to reporters." At least 101 migrants have lice and multiple instances of skin infections, the department's data shows. There's also a threat of Hepatitis outbreak due to unsanitary conditions."

Since there's nowhere else to house these infected people, hordes of them are currently occupying the Benito Juarez Sports Complex near the San Ysidro U.S.-Mexico Port of Entry, even though the facility is only capable of handling a maximum of 1,000 people.