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>      Actually, I bet Prop. 187 increases the overall health car tab we
> taxpayers must foot.  Non-emergency care is often preventative care.  If
> kids don't get their immunizations, they'll come down with serious
> illnesses like mumps and polio.  And if the parents wait until they're
> emergencies, the cost is going to be alot higher.  Not to mention those
> kids who get the care too late and die or are crippled.  And it won't just
> be limited to kids either.  Diseases like tuberculosis are already making
> a comeback, and delaying treatment for such infectious diseases will only
> drive up the ultimate bill.
> 
>      The strongest argument I've heard yet for Prop. 187 is that it's
> unfair to legal immigrants.  Legally immigrating to this country is an
> long and expensive process.  It's unfair because illegal immigrants avoid
> the long selection process that legal immigrants must undertake.  It's
> unfair because the legal process also seeks to prevent criminals, the
> seriously ill, and those who would become a financial burden to society
> from immigrating to the US.
> 
>      My personal belief is that Prop. 187 is the wrong solution.  The
> right way to go about this is to increase the legal immigration quotas.
> The reason people come here illegally is that there is a market for
> cheap labor, but immigration quotas don't allow people to immigrate here
> in sufficient numbers to meet that demand.  Make it easier for people to
> come here legally, and you meet the labor force demands without creating
> second-class non-citizens.  Let them immigrate here legally, and they'll
> pay they won't be afraid of the government and will pay their taxes the
> same as the rest of us.

    I agree with you 100%


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> 						George
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