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It is this reporter's opinion that the Congress of the United States acted tragically against America's best interests when it shot down Dana Rohrabacher's illegal alien medical bill, HR 3722. Powerful interests representing hospitals, pharmaceuticals, etc., acted against us. All the bill asked was that illegal aliens - violators of our sovereignty - be identified as illegal! But this is a sad, continuing story and particularly in those states that border on Mexico, where we witness a steady, silent, pervasive invasion of the U.S. by an unarmed army carrying an assembly line of diseases into the heart of America. And...

Press Release Source: California Healthcare Association California Hospitals Praise Defeat of House Bill Requiring Hospitals to Report Illegal Immigrants Tuesday May 18, 3:36 pm ET Nurses and Doctors Are in the Business of Saving Lives, Not Acting As Border Patrol Agents WASHINGTON, May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The California Healthcare Association (CHA) today praised the defeat of federal legislation that would have required hospitals to document the immigration status of patients seeking emergency health care services. ADVERTISEMENT click here H.R. 3722 by Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach) was overwhelming defeated this morning by a strong bipartisan vote of 88-331 in the...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House rejected legislation that could have led to hospital emergency rooms denying some services to illegal aliens while helping to get them kicked out of the country. Hispanic legislators led opposition to the bill, joining medical groups in contending that it would turn hospitals into law enforcement agencies and prevent illegal residents from seeking life-saving medical treatment. It was defeated 331-88. The legislation came to the House floor as a result of a promise that GOP leaders made to Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., in exchange for his vote on the Medicare prescription drug bill that narrowly...