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"Mosquitoes don't have green cards", Laurance N. Nickey, MD, says. That is Dr Nickey's way of saying that disease and environmental pollutants do not recognize the political boundary that separates Texas from Mexico. Dr Nickey, director of the El Paso City-County Health District and chairman of Texas Medical Association's Council on Public Health, is a native and lifelong resident of the city. He is an expert on the public health problems that plague El Paso and the other cities along the international border, all of which are exacerbated by abject poverty and a burgeoning population. Dr Nickey works tirelessly to bring these problems to the attention of Texas physicians, legislators, and other opinion leaders because, as he says, "Out here, we feel like we're the forgotten Texans."
“蚊子可没有绿卡，”医学博士劳伦斯·N·尼基说道。尼基博士的意思是，疾病和环境污染物可不会理会分隔德克萨斯州与墨西哥的政治边界。埃尔帕索市-县卫生区主任、德克萨斯州医学协会公共卫生委员会主席尼基博士是这座城市的本地人，并且一生都居住在此。他是困扰埃尔帕索及国际边境沿线其他城市的公共卫生问题方面的专家，所有这些问题都因赤贫和人口迅速增长而加剧。尼基博士不知疲倦地努力让德克萨斯州的医生、立法者和其他意见领袖关注这些问题，因为正如他所说：“在这里，我们感觉自己像是被遗忘的德克萨斯人。”
