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Originally Posted by MissBrattified
First of all, I do think that steps should be taken to prevent people from benefiting from taxpayer dollars if they are here illegally.
However, my only comment is that ANYONE in need of emergency medical care should receive it, no matter what their status. Period. If it's discovered that they're here illegally in the process of treating them, then they can be reported to the proper authorities and dealt with after they've been stabilized.
Beyond that, we need to be dealing with this problem a lot better, and hopefully in a humane way. I am not in favor of the vigilantes who would be happy standing at the border and using lethal means to pick off anyone trying to cross. Personally, I don't like the term "illegal aliens." It becomes way too easy to mistreat people when we distance ourselves from them with a cold label. They're people.
Also, Joe Illegal still has to provide housing, food, transportation and medical care to his family. Since Joe Legal & Joe Illegal make the same amount of money, technically if one is eligible for benefits from the state, the other is too. The math doesn't add up.
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The math adds up if Jose Illegal never claims his income accurately.
That's the whole point.
In this scenario, Jose Illegal comes out on top of Joe Legal.