Let me quote in part from the report of the Presidents Commission on Migratory Labor in American Agriculture: The wetback undergoes no health or physical examination as he illicitly enters the United States. The bringing in of disease and contagion cannot. therefore. be avoided. Moreover. while he is here as an illegal alien. the wetback will not ordinarily risk the chance of apprehension by seeking medical or health assistance. Reciprocally. the health and medical service agencies that might otherwise be ready to provide assistance for residents will ordinarily be foreclosed to the wetback. even if he were to seek aid. because of residence ineligibility. This circumstance does not arise with legal foreigners for whom provision is made.
Identified stereotypes
Undocumented immigrants bring disease and contagion and avoid seeking medical assistance.