Reminds me of the illegal on life support in a vegetative state. His family fought like hell to keep him in the US- even though they weren’t contributing a penny to his care.
I think he ended up being sent to a rehab ctr in Mexico.
Now, this guy needs to be sent back along with his UNMARRIED girlfriend and kid. Unless he is prepared to ante up the cost of his care. And don’t get me started on his employer. Should hold this employer of illegals accountable for the cost of his bills so taxpayers won’t be stuck.
And they do have rehab centers in Mexico so ship him back to his family there.
And yes, just call me heartless. I don’t give a flip.
COJ - see my post #8. Same guy?
Colonel, USAFR
Well, this is one of the reasons Perry was looking for a joint insurance agreement between Mexico and Texas.
People here ridiculed it, but the thing is that it would actually make Mexico responsible for some of these expenses. And it would also make it easier for older Americans who go to Mexico for various forms of treatment.
In a benchmark case dealing with the obligations of hospitals toward uninsured illegal immigrants, a jury in Stuart, Fla., decided Monday that Martin Memorial Medical Center did not act unreasonably when it chartered a plane and repatriated a severely brain-injured Guatemalan patient against the will of his guardian. Judge James W. Midelis instructed the jury in state court late last week that because of a Florida appeals court decision, it was already “a matter of law” that the patient, Luis Alberto Jiménez, had been unlawfully detained and deprived of his liberty.
Still, the jury found that Martin Memorial had not committed false imprisonment and was not liable for damages.
In a statement, the hospital, which provided Mr. Jiménez life-saving care and kept him as a ward for several years before undertaking his repatriation in 2003, applauded the jury’s decision.
At the same time, the hospital’s president and chief executive, Mark E. Robitaille, chastised “our political leadership” for failing to address the challenges facing hospitals that provide uncompensated health care to illegal immigrants.
Further into story..Mr. Jiménez’s cousin and legal guardian, Montejo Gaspar, filed the lawsuit seeking nearly $1 million to cover the costs of providing care for Mr. Jiménez in Guatemala and seeking damages for what he essentially saw as the hospital’s kidnapping and deportation of his profoundly disabled cousin.
In Florida, Martin Memorial, a nonprofit hospital, spent $1.5 million to care for Mr. Jiménez. The costs especially mounted because of a conundrum faced by the hospital. As a condition of receiving Medicaid and Medicare money, the hospital was required to care for Mr. Jiménez until it could properly discharge him under federal law.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/28/us/28deport.html