Am I reading this right? The bill is SB 1159, which looks like it passed to me when I look it up on the California legislature website -- with the following language:
And yet, if your husband had gone to any ED in the country with his injury, he would have been treated. After he received the treatment he needed, he would have been expected to pay for that treatment if he could afford to, but, if he wasn't able to pay, the bill would have been absorbed by the hospital and the taxpayers. Don't pretend you aren't aware that many people get free medical care in the US every day, regardless of their immigration status. There is no hospital in the US that checks immigration status and refuses people necessary treatment because they are undocumented. As you state, he chose not to seek help.
That's exactly why he didn't go. He knew that we wouldn't have been able to pay out of pocket for a huge ED bill, and he was not willing to "let the bill be absorbed by the hospital and taxpayers." My employer offers health coverage for myself and my family (at my expense), but because of his legal status he can not be on my plan. Had he been able to be covered by my insurance, he would have been able to receive the treatment he needed. Yes, he chose. He chose not to receive a service he could not pay for. Not all immigrants are looking for a handout.
If your husband had gone to the emergency room of the local hospital, and did not have insurance, he would have been treated anyway. Hospitals are forbidden from turning someone away, because they cannot pay.
Illegal aliens with anchor babies, are routinely given Section 8 housing, which is free housing, food stamps, welfare, etc. Illegal alien children have already been allowed to attend college with in state tuition, while, my children, American Citizens, would have to pay non resident tuition to attend college in another state. Illegal aliens are being given drivers licenses, in many states, all over the country. They are being allowed to voted in local elections, even though they are illegal aliens.
The lines between illegal aliens, legal residents, and citizens, is being intentionally blurred.
How is your husband working, if he does not have a valid Visa that allows him to work in the US legally? If he does not have a valid Visa, he is breaking the law, however noble, that he is providing for his children, and is taking a job away from an American citizen.
Your children ARE NOT AS DESERVING AS EVERYONE ELSE, IF YOU HUSBAND IS HERE ILLEGALLY. SORRY. OTHER CHILDREN HAVE PARENTS WHO ARE AMERICAN CITIZENS, AND ARE ENTITLED TO THE BENEFITS THAT CITIZENSHIP OFFERS THEM.
I am sorry that your husband overpays taxes and it goes to the US Government, but your husband is the recipient of police and fire services, public transportation, etc, that taxes or not, he is not entitled to as an illegal alien.
I am sorry that, " it has been a long, difficult, expensive road to get where we are in the immigration process. Not everyone has the means or ability to do it".
If one does not have the means to immigrate to another country the correct, legal way, than I guess the alternative is that you can just stay where you are, and deal with it. If you do not want to be separated from your husband you can go with him, back to his country of origin. Your children can go with you too. It is not the end of the world. They can come back to the USA when they turn 18.
If your husband had gone to the emergency room of the local hospital, and did not have insurance, he would have been treated anyway. Hospitals are forbidden from turning someone away, because they cannot pay.
Illegal aliens with anchor babies, are routinely given Section 8 housing, which is free housing, food stamps, welfare, etc. Illegal alien children have already been allowed to attend college with in state tuition, while, my children, American Citizens, would have to pay non resident tuition to attend college in another state. Illegal aliens are being given drivers licenses, in many states, all over the country. They are being allowed to voted in local elections, even though they are illegal aliens.
The lines between illegal aliens, legal residents, and citizens, is being intentionally blurred.
How is your husband working, if he does not have a valid Visa that allows him to work in the US legally? If he does not have a valid Visa, he is breaking the law, however noble, that he is providing for his children, and is taking a job away from an American citizen.
Your children ARE NOT AS DESERVING AS EVERYONE ELSE, IF YOU HUSBAND IS HERE ILLEGALLY. SORRY. OTHER CHILDREN HAVE PARENTS WHO ARE AMERICAN CITIZENS, AND ARE ENTITLED TO THE BENEFITS THAT CITIZENSHIP OFFERS THEM.
I am sorry that your husband overpays taxes and it goes to the US Government, but your husband is the recipient of police and fire services, public transportation, etc, that taxes or not, he is not entitled to as an illegal alien.
I am sorry that, " it has been a long, difficult, expensive road to get where we are in the immigration process. Not everyone has the means or ability to do it".
If one does not have the means to immigrate to another country the correct, legal way, than I guess the alternative is that you can just stay where you are, and deal with it. If you do not want to be separated from your husband you can go with him, back to his country of origin. Your children can go with you too. It is not the end of the world. They can come back to the USA when they turn 18.
JMHO and my NY $0.02
Lindarn, RN, BSN, CCRN (ret)
Somewhere in the PACNW
To say that my American children are less deserving than someone else's American children is utterly ridiculous. I was born here, so were they. I am an American citizen who has been paying taxes for nearly 30 years.
We are nearly finished with my husband's immigration process. Why would he leave now, after we have done everything we are supposed to do for him to be here legally? I don't need to go with him to his country of origin, nor do my children. Why would I take my children to a country so dangerous that people are risking their lives to leave it? I would be remiss in my duty as a parent.
My children are not Mexican citizens, they are American citizens like their mother. My children's first language is English, you know, from that American education that I pay taxes for, that you say they don't deserve. Now you want me to take them to a country they don't know, to a school where they speak a language my children do not completely understand. I'm supposed to pack up my children to go live in poverty to make you happy? Not happening.
Your children ARE NOT AS DESERVING AS EVERYONE ELSE, IF YOU HUSBAND IS HERE ILLEGALLY. SORRY. OTHER CHILDREN HAVE PARENTS WHO ARE AMERICAN CITIZENS, AND ARE ENTITLED TO THE BENEFITS THAT CITIZENSHIP OFFERS THEM.
Again. You did nothing to 'earn' your citizenship. You fell - as did I - out of the right person's uterus at the right time in history. Tell me again how that makes you a better person.
pecas
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That's exactly why he didn't go. He knew that we wouldn't have been able to pay out of pocket for a huge ED bill, and he was not willing to "let the bill be absorbed by the hospital and taxpayers." My employer offers health coverage for myself and my family (at my expense), but because of his legal status he can not be on my plan. Had he been able to be covered by my insurance, he would have been able to receive the treatment he needed. Yes, he chose. He chose not to receive a service he could not pay for. Not all immigrants are looking for a handout.