State of Oregon Emergency Board
(large document so I link to google cache with search term highlighted)
The second major cost increase is in the Citizen/Alien Waived Emergency Medical (CAWEM)
program. The CAWEM program covers individuals who would be Medicaid eligible except for
their immigration status and covers only emergency and child delivery services. There is an
increased need of just over $5 million General Fund in this program due to an increase in the
number of covered births coupled with an increased cost per birth. Child birth costs represent
approximately 90 percent of costs in the CAWEM program.
When the emergency board met earlier this year DHS asked for an additional $5 million to cover the increased costs of paying for illegal aliens to have babies. That's not total cost, that's just the increase.
Gosh, what would cause such an increase? It's not like our government is making promises of amnesty to illegal aliens who can manage to sneak into our country before a bill gets passed... oh wait.
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Dr. Madeline Cosman, PHD, ESQ. published last year in Physicians & Surgeons mag that over 300,000 Illegal Aliens are having Babies at our expense per year. With these #'s expected to double in the next 10 years at the current rate of Illegal Immigration.
The result? We have a Woman, deported twice, held up in a Church in Chicago making big news.
ICE is leaving her alone because she has an Son (anchor) born here 8 years ago, so he is an American.
So therefore we have millions of anchor babies whose Parents are going to fight deportation because they know that giant loophole and win the sympathy of many because their child was born here.
My Black Brother-in-law is highly offened that Illegal Aliens are taking adavantage of a law passed in the 1800's for HIS PEOPLE.
14th adm. is not supposed to be a reward for sneaking into America pregnant.
Cost per Medicaid/CAWEM customer in Oregon, last year= $7,000 each.
The liberal lefties, as well as many rinos, are endlessly whining about the President's abuse of the First Amendment with the wiretapping of likely terrorists. Perhaps they should direct their efforts at the abject abuse of the Fourteenth Amendment by the illegals and their "anchor babies". That is something that has really gotten out of hand. But the liberal lefties and their buddies, the rinos, don't really see anything wrong with that. They are again showing off their selective criticism of the President and his administration.
I'd like to make a point about the "anchor baby" thing.
The pro-amnesty crowd is saying "we can't break up families, how cruel that would be, to deport illegal alien parents, who have citizen children."
But what happens if an American parent breaks the law, and is sent to prison? Does anyone say "oh no, we can't break up a family by sending this parent to prison!" (Actually I guess the defense attorney might be saying that.)
But what does happen? The child is raised by relatives, or is sent to foster care, while the parent is brought to justice. And if that's what happens when Americans break the law, that's what can happen when foreigners come here and break our laws.
Okay, you're asking about "undocumented children," meaning they're not US citizens, right? And they're not here legally.
They should be treated just exactly the same as any American citizen.
If an American breaks the law, he/she should be brought to justice.
If an illegal alien breaks the law, he/she should be brought to justice.
That would be fair, right? Or don't they want to be treated the same?
It is right to deport their parents for the crime of illegal entry and children should be with their parents.
Nothing is unfair about deporting illegal aliens. They broke the law and should be punished... PERIOD. Why are liberals so obtuse about this issue, and anchor babies unlawful claim to citizenship?
Right-wing politicians and media pundits in the United States are seeking to use immigrant workers as a scapegoat for the increasingly difficult social and economic conditions facing the working class and considerable sections of the middle class. They claim that immigrant workers are “stealing” the jobs of native-born Americans, and that the low-wage exploitation of immigrants is responsible for declining living standards in the US.
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/jun2006/immi-j16.shtml
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.
and subject to the jurisdiction thereof
There is a case to be made that this section excludes illegal aliens.
Regardless, if the parents are illegal they need to be deported and minor children need to follow them. Just like if I moved to Montana my kids would have to follow me.
ElRazonador: You keep using the term "undocumented" in your postings about the illegal aliens and how wonderful they are.
1. You apparently have no concept of the word "illegal" nor do you have any knowledge of its definition or its meaning.
2. I have posed this question before: If a person robs a bank, is that an "undocumented" withdrawal?
3. This is the same illogical logic you are using in referring to illegal aliens as being "undocumented".
4. Just because the Fourteenth Amendment does not specifically include illegal aliens in its wording, that does not mean that the illegals are automatically legal citizens. The U.S. Supreme Court needs to decide this question as close to immediately as possible.
Maybe you might understand that, but I really doubt it.
El Razonador: I think the issue of illegality has to be confronted, maturely, by both sides. The pejorative connotation of the word is something we need to change for any progress to be made; if it is not acknowledged, then we'll never get through to those who dismiss "criminals" by default, before any peripheral argument is heard.
Undocumented immigrants are, in fact, breaking the law by coming here. To do so is a conscious choice. We need to make it clear that for many, perhaps most (I can't provide statistical evidence), this is not an act of selfish amorality, but the lesser of two evils - a conscientious choice to provide a better life for themselves and their families, the responsibility of which outweighs compliance with existing laws. I think it would be appropriate to draw a parallel to slaves who fled the southern states in pursuit of freedom: note that they were "illegal" "criminals" in exactly the same sense. A sense of both global and historical perspective is what's needed.
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