Why should so called illegal immigrants be penalized & discriminated on in the health...

[spock69]

Sorry Alice, they are not immigrants...you keep forgetting that!

[therascal]

simple, they're ILLEGAL!!!

[Bonkers!]

"so called"? They are not really illegal?

[nirv]

They are not exactly without health care - they still can use emergency rooms...And we should continue to do that - otherwise it's time for us to follow republicans to stone age caves...where Sarah the Plain is walking with dinasours...LOL

[Eric P]

You are kidding, Right?

[Steve G]

This is a tough issue with no easy answers, but it is clear that as a country we are being hypocritical if we have a need for workers but then call them "illegals" when they help us to meet that need. Do we really have that need? Should we be using our own workforce, considering unemployment is high? Many of these jobs do not pay minimum wage. Should we lower minimum wage? Should we go after the employers and make them pay minimum wage? I don't know; it is not a huge issue in Pittsburgh where I live, but clearly this issue, or suite of issues, needs a lot of work.

[CaptainFreon]

Well, why don't we just annex Mexico and be done with it? Or the way we are going broke paying for everybody and everything, maybe they could annex the US and be done with it?

[EddyJ]

So called? No they are illegal immigrants if they cannot prove they are here legally. That is a partial myth that they do the work no one else will. that is because they will except a backbreaking job for as little as 20 dollars a day. If illegals were not here then those jobs would go to Americans and businesses would be forced to pay a decent wage. In addition our unemployment rate would be much lower. Illegals may work for legal US businesses but, they are doing it illegally.

[Steve G]

This is a tough issue with no easy answers, but it is clear that as a country we are being hypocritical if we have a need for workers but then call them "illegals" when they help us to meet that need. Do we really have that need? Should we be using our own workforce, considering unemployment is high? Many of these jobs do not pay minimum wage. Should we lower minimum wage? Should we go after the employers and make them pay minimum wage? I don't know; it is not a huge issue in Pittsburgh where I live, but clearly this issue, or suite of issues, needs a lot of work.

[Mac]

This is one point where I agree with the gang of five, Rush, Hannity, Savage, O'Reilly, and Beck.