Tex.. on its "bad debt accounts" for a 10month period in 1970 and 1971. Services provided to patients giving an address in Mexico totaled $115.339.40. It is undoubtedly true that a great many others. unable to pay their hospital bills. had given addresses in El Paso. although they were actually illegal aliens. These examples from my home city. I am sure. could be multiplied many times over. and would be concentrated in those cities where welfare problems are the greatest. Aliens will accept substandard wages and working conditions. and those who exploit them are confident that a threat to turn them over to immigration authorities would effectively curb any desire to protest. These aliens. whether employed or unemployed. are among the neediest members of our society. They have been ruled eligible to receive food stamps.
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Aliens will accept substandard wages and working conditions.