Chairman. this amendment is misdirected. misguided. and stupid. If you are out in the woods with a rifle and you are hunting and you shoot at something. it would be nice if you are shooting at the right target. This amendment does not do anything about illegal immigration. This amendment simply shoots the victim of illegal immigration by damaging the local hospitals. If we have illegal immigrants in this country. it is because of a failue of the Federal Government to effectively enforce its immigration laws. That is the problem. The problem with the gentlemans amendment is that because he does not like the fact that the Federal Government has been ineffective with respect to immigration. he wants to take it out on the local hospitals. The local hospitals when someone shows up on their door. they have an obligation under the law to treat that patient. If the Federal Government does not pay for the treatment of that patient. then local taxpayers and local hospitals get stuck with the bill.
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