Phil222 wrote:Spey, I heard on the news that one of these illegal workers was 14. Let’s pretend this kid is walking home from work because he’s not old enough to drive and gets hit by a car.
Do we provide him with free care or ship him back to where he’s from broken to pieces? What if someone is crossing the border illegally and gets badly injured by one of our agents? Do they deserve free treatment? Would treating either of these people really be the cause of a revolving door problem at our border?
I’m not making a moral judgement here. I’m just curious as to where you’re at on the issue of free healthcare for illegals?
If feasible, you treat them and send the bill to the employer.
Used to be some nasty stories of employers of illegals that totally blew off workmans' comp cases, because they knew the risk of the injured reporting anything was zero.
In addition to penalizing (jail, fine, death...haven't chosen sides yet), in addition to convicting for hiring illegals, I hope Homeland brings along DOL and IRS to investigate and punish for every associated labor and tax violation as well.