Making Room at America's Inn for All God's Children

To bring it back to the topic of socialized medicine...

So we have to pay for those that will not work here... and accept all those that come here from outside... Great.

Sorry.. not a citizen or at least a legal resident... NO TREATMENT.... or if you get treatment you immediately go home.

Where did it say this man doesn't work? Where I live, many undocumented workers live in squalid housing. There aren't enough Americans to scrub toilets or pick produce for the wages that these people are paid. As for them going "home", if this is where they live, then this is their home, legal or not.

There are enough Americans... we have all those on welfare. And if he has to be picked up and driven to a hospital then it is doubtful that he is able to work.

And if 'home' is here... then I guess we should deport them.

And if 'home' is here... then I guess we should deport them.

As for them going "home", if this is where they live, then this is their home, legal or not.

It sounds to me like you're jumping to conclusions again. You have no way of knowing whether he could work or not. Maybe he had to be picked up because he didn't have a car!

Uhh..........no. This is not their home, although it could be if they'd enter this country legally and go through the proper channels.

I grew up in southern California and lived among the Hispanic population for the first 30 years of my life. I've visited Mexico. I speak the language, and I hold Mexican culture in high regard. I know perfectly well why poor Latinos come to America........I've seen the desperate conditions they live in, and I don't blame them for wanting better for their families.

But I also don't believe in rewarding people for breaking our laws. Right here in Oregon, our governor recently floated a trial balloon about issuing driver's licenses to illegal immigrants on the premise that it would at least let us know where they are. After what my own kids had to go through to get their state IDs and driver's licenses---they had to provide birth certificates, Social Security cards, proof of residence, as well as at least one photo ID (will someone please tell me how the heck you are supposed to produce photo ID if no one will issue you photo ID without photo ID?)---I was outraged!

Then Hispanic activist groups had the gall to be upset when the idea sank faster than the Titanic and the governor abandoned it. I'm sorry, but if you come into this country illegally, refuse to go through the process of obtaining the necessary documentation, make a point of NOT learning the dominant language, and then demand special rights..........well, there's something really wrong with that. Most of the Hispanic people I grew up around wouldn't have dreamed of acting this way---they worked hard for everything they had, took pride in their culture, but also were grateful to be Americans. They did their best to learn American customs and language while at the same time remaining true to their own rich heritage. And they didn't ask for handouts.

Uhh..........no. This is not their home, although it could be if they'd enter this country legally and go through the proper channels.

I grew up in southern California and lived among the Hispanic population for the first 30 years of my life. I've visited Mexico. I speak the language, and I hold Mexican culture in high regard. I know perfectly well why poor Latinos come to America........I've seen the desperate conditions they live in, and I don't blame them for wanting better for their families.

But I also don't believe in rewarding people for breaking our laws. Right here in Oregon, our governor recently floated a trial balloon about issuing driver's licenses to illegal immigrants on the premise that it would at least let us know where they are. After what my own kids had to go through to get their state IDs and driver's licenses---they had to provide birth certificates, Social Security cards, proof of residence, as well as at least one photo ID (will someone please tell me how the heck you are supposed to produce photo ID if no one will issue you photo ID without photo ID?)---I was outraged!

Then Hispanic activist groups had the gall to be upset when the idea sank faster than the Titanic and the governor abandoned it. I'm sorry, but if you come into this country illegally, refuse to go through the process of obtaining the necessary documentation, make a point of NOT learning the dominant language, and then demand special rights..........well, there's something really wrong with that. Most of the Hispanic people I grew up around wouldn't have dreamed of acting this way---they worked hard for everything they had, took pride in their culture, but also were grateful to be Americans. They did their best to learn American customs and language while at the same time remaining true to their own rich heritage. And they didn't ask for handouts.