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May 12, 2008
Health Care for Detained Aliens The Washington Post and other media are currently focused on the issue of (FAIR Comment: Another contextual issue not dealt with in the Washington Post series so far (2 of 4 installments have appeared) is whether the alien detainees are receiving the same care as non-alien prisoners (or better or worse) and whether the aliens would have had the same medical problems had they not been in detention and whether, in that case, they would have received better medical attention.) Washington Post article | New York Times article Comments
Ship them to Mexico without a hearing and let the Mexicans worry about health care! Posted by: Rick S on May 12, 2008 12:27 PM WP AND NYT: OPEN BORDER RAGS! Posted by: American Me on May 12, 2008 01:33 PM And have they focused on how many Americans may have died because services or resources were not available because they are increasingly strained by our obligations to care for those who have no legal right to be here! Posted by: takn on May 12, 2008 01:38 PM How about the left wing media does a report on how many Americans are killed or raped by illegal aliens. Posted by: Independent Voter on May 12, 2008 01:57 PM I agree with independent voter. Posted by: ALOHA on May 12, 2008 05:28 PM A BIG BUNCH OF BUSES WOULD TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM Finger print 'em after deportation and make it the death penalty if they return. Posted by: Softwarengineer on May 12, 2008 05:58 PM Let's talk about the issue of inadequate or inappropriate medical care of our veterans first, and then maybe, just maybe Americans will be willing to address the issue of inadequate or inappropriate medical care of these criminal aliens. Posted by: melena29 on May 13, 2008 08:17 AM How many American citizen prisoners die each year from diseases illegals bring to the prisons? Posted by: CoolGary on May 13, 2008 10:11 AM I wouldn't mind paying for 'healthcare' for detained aliens - IF - it was limited to necessary urgent care given with the understanding that they were going back right now to their rightful country where they will receive any needed ongoing care. Posted by: Bill Dexter on May 13, 2008 01:16 PM School is almost out. Every school district in the nation has a fleet of buses. Why not start using them if they are sitting idle - fill them with illegals and start toward the border. Give them plenty of water and box lunches. I'll offer my state of Texas to be the first in the country to start a bus brigade. Get them aross the border and let Calderon worry about them. Let's save a few for Bush, McCain, Johnny Sutton and all the Congess persons who are pro-illegal. Posted by: June on May 13, 2008 03:17 PM Millions of Americans are without healthcare and don't get their needs taken care of, and idiots in this country are worrying about detained illegals. Sick, downright sick. Posted by: Born American on May 13, 2008 07:32 PM We should use the money allotted for foreign aid to pay these costs before giving ANY money to a foreign government. Paying for foreigner's health-care is afterall foreign aid. Posted by: Dave A on May 14, 2008 11:42 AM |
inadequate or inappropriate medical care of deportable alien prisoners. While the Post documents from records and insider comments that some alien prisoners have suffered from denied or delayed medical treatment that has resulted in deaths, this focus largely ignores the context of increasing detentions. That context was provided in a New York Times article last week in which the DHS immigration officials explained that, In the 2004 fiscal year
the agency detained 231,804 immigrants, and about one out of every 9,200 died. In fiscal 2007, when the agency detained a total of 311,213 immigrants, roughly one out of every 28,000 died. Immigration officials said the agency spent $91.6 million last year on health care for its detention centers, an 82 percent increase since 2004. The 2004 data suggest the number of detainee deaths was about 90, and the 2007 data suggest that the number had dropped to about 11.