Migrant care cost El Paso $30 million

El Paso Times ^ | Thursday, September 26, 2002 | Diana Washington Valdez and Sergio Bustos

[FreedomFriend]

My contention is that Global interests are at work.

[Joe Hadenuf]

You betcha.....

[Joe Hadenuf]

Are those future Republicans?

[Joe Hadenuf]

If you really think all Mexican Americans vote Dem you need to do some research.

Uh, isn't this article about illegal aliens? Or as the neocons say, undocumented? Or is this talk about Mexican American's just more distraction and diversion from the actual article? Or are you actually referring to the illegal aliens that vote and have subverted our elections?

[FITZ]

If you really think all Mexican Americans vote Dem you need to do some research.

They don't all vote democrat but the Hispanic Americans who are from families who came in the early 1900's or those descended from the Spaniards who came to what is now the SW USA are the more conservative types, the ones coming from Mexico in the past few years tend not to have those same conservative values. Some of the professionals who are coming are conservative but the majority coming for the free stuff aren't at all conservative.

We should wipe out welfare but that's getting more and more difficult when the types of people in Mexico who think welfare sounds like a good idea and know they can get it here but not there decide to move on over ---and vote.

[FITZ]

There is plenty of welfare and scamming going on you don't see.

One reason San Diego and El Paso and other border cities are in an extreme crisis situation with health care ---is that this isn't even just the typical illegal immigrants. Many of the ones coming over never worked a day in their life here, they can't be said to have benefitted our economy in any way at all --not even with their cheap labor. They come up from all areas of Mexico for the sole purpose of getting to a US border hospital for all kinds of health care they will never be expected to pay for. It's a problem that's growing worse extremely fast because they've all caught on how easy it is to do and also most good physicians have left Mexico. If I lived over there I wouldn't like to go to most doctors there either.

Same thing with the schools along the border. They're all in need of federal money bailouts.

[FITZ]

Or, take the easy route and yell about Mexicans.

Before you get real agitated about "racism" and whatever ---go back and check out the names of the authors of this article. It has nothing to do with ethnicity or race, it's a financial crisis that is destroying the border region.

[kilohertz]

Herskowitz said the growing pile of unpaid bills by undocumented immigrants at some hospitals has forced administrators to reduce staff, increase rates and cut back services.

Could somebody please 'splain to me why hospitals are providing free medical care to illegal aliens in the first place? I mean I can understand having a policy of treating a life-threatening wound out of mercy -- but routine medicine, or a chronic condition, turn them away, send them home, and let their home country pay for it. And for goodness sake, if an illegal shows up at a hospital, arrest him and deport him!

[kilohertz]

Every Hispanic person I ever see has a hammer or some trade tool in his hand. Or, he's out with his family shopping. Hard-working, honorable, industrious people.

Quite a generalization, hard to say if it stands up. Texas prisons have quite a few Mexicans who are hard-working and industrious at their chosen trades, but not so honorable :).

[kilohertz]

Yeah, they work. They get paid cash from which no taxes or SS is deducted. Then, if their 'families' are here with them, they'll apply for welfare, foodstamps and WIC. Not to mention their healthcare for which you pay a pretty penny. You're paying dearly for them not to sleep on the streets. Trust me, you're paying for their room & board many times over.

Right -- if these people are so wonderful, hard-working, family-oriented, and such, then why do so many of them seem to be unable to provide for themselves, much less pay taxes anywhere close to the amount spent on them for schools, police, fire department and free medicine? How many dollars per year does it cost me to have all of these wonderful people here?

[PRND21]

Uh, isn't this article about illegal aliens?

Uh, read the post to which I responded.

[Joe Hadenuf]

Whoops, my mistake, you are always attemting to distract and divert attention away from the illegal alien invasion of millions. Sorry, I forgot.

[PRND21]

Thanks. btw, you smell like fear.