(05-31-2018, 03:57 PM)JagNGeorgia Wrote:

(05-31-2018, 01:43 PM)mikesez Wrote:

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Illegal immigrants do not qualify for government assistance.  Their kids go to public school and they do take get kicked out of emergency rooms for inability to pay.  That's it.

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Lebanon and Jordan also have governments that won't punish religious speech.  But mobs can form in both.

They're generally ineligible, but there are programs that will aid them. The kids they have certainly are eligible. They come over pregnant or have a child shortly after coming over. 86% of illegal immigrant households that use government assistance have a child, and the same percentage use more than one type of assistance. They absolutely abuse the system. 

My wife is a nurse that works in an ER. A privately held hospital can refuse treatment except during an emergency. Public hospitals are forbidden from turning patients away. So, I'm not sure where you got your information. She's never seen a patient refused care, and she sees a lot of immigrants that she suspects are illegal provide false information in order to get out of paying.

While Lebanon and Jordan are better examples of religious freedom in the middle east, they're no where close to Israel's status. In Lebanon, certain religions are not allowed to marry or inherit property. They're also governed strictly, and many Christians believe that they restrict their ability to do certain things so as to limit their numbers. Proselytizing isn't technically illegal, but it's often stopped under threat of violence. And the judges, many of whom share the criminals' beliefs, don't often punish the offender. Jordan is worse than Lebanon, too. 

You can't even compare those two to Israel.

I agree with you.  I may not have been clear but I do understand how our hospitals an schools work.  The school is for the kids.  A hospital is the only place where an illegal immigrant adult can obtain a government ordained benefit (emergency treatment) without committing fraud.  The hospital will bill them for it of course, but most of these bills go uncollected so it is usually correct to view it as a government benefit.

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