Monday, September 14, 2009

Illegal immigrants: A fact check on their place in health reform

Reuters did a "fact box" on illegal immigrants and President Obama's health care reform push.

Among the findings: "There were 46.3 million people without health insurance in the United States in 2008 from 45.7 million a year earlier, according to the Census Bureau's Current Population Survey released on Thursday."

"Some 44.7 percent of non-citizen immigrants were uninsured in 2008. Among native-born citizens, the figure stood at 12.9 percent in 2008."

"There is no widely accepted national estimate of the annual cost of healthcare for illegal immigrants, partly because hospitals do not collect immigration figures."

"The Federation for American Immigration Reform, which advocates a temporary moratorium on most immigration, puts the cost at $10.7 billion and calls the estimate conservative" (Bigg, 9/13).

PolitiFact's "Truth-O-Meter," which ruled Rep. Joe Wilson wrong when he called President Obama's a liar on immigrants and health reform, weighed in on the GOP's follow-up: "The Republican conference ... says, 'Fact: Nothing in any of the Democrat bills would require individuals to verify their citizenship or identity prior to receiving taxpayer-subsidized benefits, making the president's promise one that the legislation itself does not keep.' We dug into the facts and found the Republicans were partly right and gave them a Half True" (Jacobson, 9/10) .

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Thursday, September 03, 2009

Immigration Q&A (II)

by Immigrationfaq

Residency in the us question!! PLEASE HELP!?
if someone had there green card in the united states that would entitle them to be a resident but if they were to want to live in a different country could they get a visa in a different country and keep there resideny in the united states or is there a rule to keep your residency in the us...

travelling with expired green card?
Can my husband travel if his green card expired? It expired in December. We sent in to renew it last September. I thought it was supposed to take 6-9 months to get the new green card.does anyone know how long it takes? We bought are tickets already for the end of July and i just need to make sure we can...

Time for immigration process?
Can anyone tell me that how much time is required for the completion of immigration process from Pakistan to Canada,for a skilled-worker immigration(as a Pharmacist)?Experienced person can get 10 for answer

Did you hear about the new immigration overhaul?
seems like congress wil want to make illegal aliens pat fines,make trips home,a longer waiting peroid and hefty fines for employers that break the law.what i can believe is that yahoo reporters say that a majority of citizens approve of illegals staying and becoming citizens.do you bealive that poll? i would think that probably 99% of americans would...

Legal immigration; are you anti or pro and why ? (read details below)?
Thanks for taking time to answer this question, please elaborate your answer and explain in details, I appreciate your time and sharing your points of view.note: if you are a racist, using the harsh language, want to insult an indivudual or a group of people, get the hell out of my...

Why can't we close our borders to prevent illegal immigration?
Is it really that hard to keep people out of your house that you don't want there? I don't have any problem with immigration. I do have a problem with an opportunist walking through my back door just because I stepped out the front door to set out the trash or check my mail. Speaking figuratively.

I want a temporary job in south korea?
does anyone know how i may be able to apply for a temporary job in south korea. I've been here for about one and half a month now. and i need to raise money so i could pay for the airfare back to the philippines. my tourist visa will expire soon and i dont want to stay here...

If I have a Green Card, have a home in New Jersey, but am in college at MA, do I count as a MA Resident?
My family lives in New Jersey, but I attend college in Massachusetts. Do I constitute a legal resident of MA or only in NJ?
(to be continued)

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Immigration Q&A (I)

by Immigrationfaq

What's your opinion on the INS raid on the chicken processing plant in Ohio ?...Why go after the illegals who
are working and just trying to care for their families?...My opinion is that the efforts should be more focused on the street thug illegal...that's my opinion,,,what is yours?

What will Bush do to us today?
Great, he is in Mexico today. How do you suppose he is selling us out today. We should have built that darn wall.

I'm holding a contest.?
I'm looking for the best reason why I should make an appearance at your states anti immigration march. Winner gets to pay for a plane ticket for me to attend your states march.

Would you consider this an amnesty?
You break into a Best Buy store that is closed for the night. You unload all of the merchandise, truckload after truckload, until the store is cleaned out. You are later caught. You are told to pay a fine of $5, after which you are scot free.Using the logic of the left, this would not be an...

if you already have lived in the US for 20 yrs, and try to get residency, can you be deported??
my girlfriend's dad has lived in the US for about 20 yrs, yesterday he had an appointment to get his residency but instead he got deported. can they do that? can he ever come back and live here again? i need your help please! my girlfriend...

Do the people* or the electorial college truly represent the passage into the office of the president by the?
most popular electorial candidate? *including voting us citizens who are legal immigrants

So how come all the other countries aren't racist?
So every single country in the world has laws on immigration saying you cannot just come and go without registering. Why is it no one cares that 99.9% of the world enforces the laws but only America is racist for wanting to enforce ours?Really not trying to be offensive I just don't like being called racist...

Workers sue U.S. factory after immigration raid what do you think?
Tue May 15, 2007 5:42PM EDTBy Jason SzepBOSTON (Reuters) - Workers including 361 illegal immigrants were cheated of hundreds of thousands of dollars in overtime pay at a factory at the center of a high-profile raid in Massachusetts, according to a lawsuit filed on Tuesday.The class-action lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Boston on...

Can the taxpayers really afford amnesty? Remember the cost of German unification!?
The unification of Germany almost bankrupt Germany. And they were family members. Whereas illegal aliens are criminals of the lowest kind.Can we, the taxpayers, really afford the costs associated with Amnesty?And the "up to $5,000.00" fine mantra is just political lies. No one pays the maximum immigration fine now, so...

I need a temporary work in south korea?
is there someone you know i can work for, even as a nanny or a private english tutor in south korea? I have been here for one and a half month now, my tourist visa will expire soon and i dont to stay here illegally. I need to raise money so i could pay for the airfare back...
(to be continued)

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