Posted on 10/30/2011 2:17:24 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
....What is clear is that the practice stirs passionate responses on both sides of the immigration debate.
Geoffrey Hoffman.... describes it as "patient dumping" or "private deportation" and calls it "despicable." Noting deportation is the "exclusive province" of the federal government, not hospitals, he says forcing patients to "accept" repatriation back to a country where there may be no hope of follow-up care can "only reflect badly on our great nation."
By contrast, Mark Krikorian....argues that there are "real-world limits" to the level of health care U.S. institutions should provide non-citizens. He says that it's one thing to provide the life-saving emergency care federal law requires, quite another to provide lifelong, bankruptcy-causing or premium-raising care "to people here illegally in the first place."
Beneath the rhetoric, there's no denying the cost of such care. In 2010, for instance, the Harris County Hospital District [Houston,TX] spent nearly $170 million on the care of illegal immigrants. That was up from $100 million in 2007.
From 2005 to 2008, states were able to recoup some of those costs thanks to federal funding - Texas got about $45 million a year - aimed at compensating states for the emergency care of illegal immigrants the law requires hospitals provide. The program, pushed by Texas and other states that bear the brunt of such care, was not renewed after 2008.
Still, the real problem isn't hospitals, which transfer most all patients, both U.S. citizens and illegal immigrants, once urgent care is no longer needed and the bed is needed for other patients. It's long-term care facilities, unable to afford to accept patients, like Martinez, who don't have insurance. It remains for hospitals, obligated by federal regulation to arrange post-hospital care for those who need it, to find alternatives and to provide care indefinitely if they can't....
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Rick could even be the Flight Lead.
Okay by me——will even create jobs for skilled parachute makers. LOL.
Perry The Panderer keeps saying the “feds” wont seal the border. But as governor, Perry controls the state’s Ntl Guard-—he can send as many as he wants to the border.
Blaming others is not in the “conservative” lexicon.
Perry is playing by the Liberal Playbook-—it’s never his fault. He’s a serial blamer——always pointing the finger at someone else for his shortcomings.
“Perry The Panderer keeps saying the “feds” wont seal the border. But as governor, Perry controls the state’s Ntl Guard-—he can send as many as he wants to the border.
Blaming others is not in the “conservative” lexicon.
Perry is playing by the Liberal Playbook-—it’s never his fault. “
You’re right. I lived in California just before they transitioned to becoming a Democrat state (same as will happen with Texas in 10 years, if Perry gets his way). We saw the same thing, complaint after complaint, but NO ACTION by the governor or the other Republicans.
...and then, sure enough, no more Republicans in high office. Almost like they planned it that way.
We have already paid $400 million of our State dollars in the last few years to directly supplement the Federal control of the border, using State helicopters, guns, DPS agents and Rangers. We’ve increased our appropriation for the 2012-2013 budget period - doubling the two year spending to $220 Million of our State tax funds. Sending our National Guard troops to do the Federal government’s job costs money.
In fact, that’s exactly what Napolitano has told us about the planned pull-back of the 200 NG troops deployed along the Texas border (out of a total of 1200) last summer: if we want them now, we can pay for them. Congress has forced two 90 day extensions, but we still only get 1/6 of the troops for the Texas border, which is 1200 miles of the 2000 mile border.
The Texas Ranger Division is comprised of 216 full time employees; including 150 commissioned Rangers and 66 support personnel; including administrative staff, Border Security Operations Center, Joint Operations and Intelligence Centers, and the Special Weapons and Tactics team.
http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/texasrangers/
Do you have any idea who/what La Raza is? It is a seditious organization dedicated to the Reconquista of America. Speaking to La Raza is the equivalent of speaking to a communist group dedicated to the destruction of the Republic. La Raza is dedicated to the destruction of the US. You don’t speak to them about drug gangs. You speak to them about their own treasonous goals:
Exclusive: The Truth About ‘La Raza’
by Rep. Charlie Norwood
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=13863
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A good start would be sending them home where the care is much cheaper.
If their countries of origin refuse to take them back, then we could step up enforcement of immigration laws against the illegals from that particular nation.
There is plenty of carrot to attract illegal immigrants into this country. There needs to be more stick in encouraging those most egregious about sending the supply into accepting at least some of the consequences along with the rewards.
What do you suppose La Raza Rick would think about such a policy?
FWIW, I lived in Japan during part of their boom years. Every lesser developed country in Asia wanted to send their nationals to work in Japan, albeit on a much smaller scale than Latin America sends their nationals to work in the United States.
Cambodia was one example which refused to take back their criminals and their injured. Once Japan started stepping up enforcement against Cambodian nationals in retaliation, they reversed this policy almost immediately-- but only with respect to their nationals being deported from Japan. As far as I know, they still practice the old policy with the United States because they know we won't retailiate in the same way that the Japanese did. What does that tell you?
A good start would be sending them home where the care is much cheaper.
If their countries of origin refuse to take them back, then we could step up enforcement of immigration laws against the illegals from that particular nation.
There is plenty of carrot to attract illegal immigrants into this country. There needs to be more stick in encouraging those most egregious about sending the supply into accepting at least some of the consequences along with the rewards.
What do you suppose La Raza Rick would think about such a policy?
FWIW, I lived in Japan during part of their boom years. Every lesser developed country in Asia wanted to send their nationals to work in Japan, albeit on a much smaller scale than Latin America sends their nationals to work in the United States.
Cambodia was one example which refused to take back their criminals and their injured. Once Japan started stepping up enforcement against Cambodian nationals in retaliation, they reversed this policy almost immediately-- but only with respect to their nationals being deported from Japan. As far as I know, they still practice the old policy with the United States because they know we won't retailiate in the same way that the Japanese did. What does that tell you?
That’s incredible they’re so small. Even with support personnel, that doesn’t even add up to 1 Ranger per county. No way on earth they can keep up with the border invasion, not even if there were 10 times that number (and what about handling crimes unrelated to that ?).
Perry insists he’s a “real conservative”....... but blaming everyone else but himself for his serial gaffes is straight out of the Liberal Playbook. La Raza Rick won’t take responsibility.
Illegals in Texas? Feds fault.
Affirmative action for illegals? State’s Rights.
In-state tuition? His unbigoted heart is in the right place.
Parolee deportation delay? ICE.
Gardasil EO? Merck Big Buck contributions made him do it.
Running for president? Anita told him to run.
Reforms dead in Texas? It’s the dam Repub-controlled legislature.
Well, Perry's not going to advertise on TV that he colluded with special interests to kill a reform measure.
Keep in mind, that a Repub governor has total control of a Repub legislature. He can do a lot of harm to them if they go against his wishes.
Apparently here---the legislature WAS doing Perry's wishes------ by killing the bill.
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Here's a clue: find out who was lobbying against the reform measure---then check and see what govt goody Perry rewarded the lobbyists with:
Appointments to choice committees? Their own govt agency? Grant$$ from the governor's office? Lucrative govt contracts? A policy change in Austin that benefitted someone's special interest?
You might also check legislators' campaign contributions --- that's a Big Clue as to who was colluding with who.
Links?
Oh, please these items have been all over FR. People who post here are very well-informed and know how to use the site to keep up.
One more thing——I suggest you learn the protocols of this site.
Which “protocol” am I violating, the one that says asking you to support your claim is wrong? Please provide the link that says Perry “blamed” his Merck contributions for his Gardisil decision. If it’s been all over FR, it shouldn’t be hard to find, right?
La Raza simply means, “THE RACE”
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