Dear Members ********************************************* 1. Subject: Illegals - Where they're from and where they go Note the totals are from March 2005. This 11 million figure is still used today even though it is so out of date. It is now estimated that there is at least 30 million illegal aliens in our country at present. This figure might be down a bit because of the economy but THEY ARE STILL COMING and staying here because of the shadow amnesty by the Obama/Nappy administration. ******************************************* 2. http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/09/11/1683104/immigrant-care-puts-hospitals.htmlImmigrant care puts hospitals in costly dilemmaThe case of Orlen Rosales: How soaring treatment costs for illegal immigrants put families and hospitals in a bind.More than two dozen medical staples hold together the left side of Orlen Rosales' head after he was struck by a train on July 4, his family says. Few thought the 26-year-old Honduran would survive, but doctors and nurses at Carolinas Medical Center have worked nonstop to save him. After weeks close to death, he's now up and talking. But the bills for his treatment have far exceeded what the family can pay. The first day of his care cost more than $15,000, the family says. Another bill was more than $30,000. Rosales doesn't have insurance. In fact, he's not even in the country legally. He was deported in 2008 after a DWI arrest. And he's not eligible for Medicaid beyond emergency care. "Yes, he doesn't have papers, but he's a human being," says Oneyda Lopez, Rosales' cousin. His case reflects another challenge arising from the nation's troubled immigration system. Roughly 11 million illegal immigrants live in the United States, including 250,000 in North Carolina. Many are uninsured. Hospitals are confronting a dilemma they didn't create. They've been hit with mounting unpaid medical bills from seriously injured illegal immigrants. Some have sought to send these patients home for more care because they can't find long-term facilities in the U.S. to accept them without insurance. But advocates for injured immigrants say some U.S. hospitals are dumping patients in places where they're likely to receive little care. In a landmark case last summer, a Florida jury decided that Martin Memorial Medical Center near West Palm Beach acted reasonably when it repatriated a severely brain-injured Guatemalan man over the objections of his family and legal guardian. Rosales' family and friends say they've felt pressure from CMC administrators to move him to a facility in Honduras. Citing federal patient-confidentiality laws, hospital officials would not talk about Rosales' case. But they say returning patients to their home countries has nothing to do with their legal status or cost of care. Barb DeSilva, vice president for clinical care management at Carolinas Healthcare System, which operates CMC, says it's strictly about giving patients the best long-term care possible. That often means moving them closer to family and loved ones. The decision, she says, is always made in consultation with the family and doctors in both countries. ********************************************* 3. This by Congressman Steve King Secretary of Agriculture or Secretary of Amnesty?
Congressman Steve King
If someone asks what the initials "USDA" stand for, most Iowans will automatically respond "United States Department of Agriculture." After all, Iowa has long prospered on the strength of its agricultural roots, and the United States Department of Agriculture has played a large role in the affairs of our state. Given recent events in Washington, however, it would be understandable if someone were to reply that "USDA" stood for "United States Department of Amnesty."
This is because the Obama administration has enlisted the Agriculture Department to help further its high-pressure, high-profile sales pitch for illegal immigrant amnesty. How else to explain the grossly erroneous claims Secretary Vilsack recently made to the Politico about the effect of illegal labor on food prices? This is what Secretary Vilsack told the paper, speaking of illegal immigrants:
"But, if you didn't have these folks, you would be spending a lot more- three, four or five times more, for food, or we would have to import food and have all the food security risks. Neither is what Americans want. What they want is what we have. Which is why we need comprehensive immigration reform." (Emphasis added).
His claim about food prices being "three, four, or five times more" without illegal immigrant labor is markedly false, and Secretary Vilsack should know better. In fact, I would encourage him to check with the Department he heads before he repeats this sales pitch to the public. Otherwise, he just might get accused of dishonest sales practices.
For clarification, here is what Secretary Vilsack's own Department of Agriculture has to say on the subject of illegal immigrant labor and food prices. Data compiled by the Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that labor costs only represent six-percent of the price consumers pay for fresh fruits and vegetables, the market in which illegal immigrant labor is most prevalent.
If illegal alien labor accounts for only 6% of the total cost of fresh food, how could the absence of their labor possibly lead to food price spikes of 300%, 400%, or 500% as Secretary Vilsack claims? It couldn't. Secretary Vilsack simply isn't playing straight with you as he tries to sell you on "comprehensive immigration reform."
But suppose we were to give Secretary Vilsack and the Obama administration the benefit of the doubt, and assume that illegal alien labor costs did play a more significant role in setting food prices. The Center for Immigration Studies concluded in a 2007 report that even if farm wages were to rise by 40%, consumer spending on fresh fruit and vegetables would only be increased by a total of $8 per American per year. This is hardly the doomsday scenario conjured up by Secretary Vilsack's misleading, pro-amnesty claims. In fact, many Americans would willingly pay an extra $8/year to enforce the immigration laws, knowing that doing so would result in savings many times greater in other areas of government.
Although Secretary Vilsack pretends to be speaking to "what Americans want", he is really just delivering a sales pitch on behalf of an immigration policy that continues to be overwhelmingly rejected by Americans. If he were truly interested in discussing "what Americans want", Secretary Vilsack would begin by discussing the need to increase border security, the need to fund the completion of a border fence, and the need to increase enforcement of the immigration laws that are already on the books.
The fact that he prefers to spin yarns about the price of produce tells you everything you need to know about what the Obama administration's priorities truly are. Americans should insist that the USDA get out of the business of amnesty and return to the business of agriculture.
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