The federal government requires them too do so. Basic humanity requires us to do so. About this aspect of the issue, your gripe and mine is who pays for all this? I suggest that the country of origin pay their citizens bills. Thus you and I no longer have to pay their bills through taxes and insurance and their countries of origin finally have a disincentive in allowing illegal aliens to come here. And yes we do have the ability to make them pay. We just don’t have the will.
Please tell me why we have to wait for them to cross our borders first then? You may decide that you want to care for and educate the indigent of the world, but please leave me out of this.
ML/NJ