"Yet they rarely use the services, as previous posters have pointed out,--for fear of deportation."

Now Ron that certainly isn't a statistic from Forbes. Whatever it is it's wrong. One of the benefits of living in the U.S. is access to free medicare. Just do some surfing on the net, you'll find valid information and stats.

John in Kansas .. "So when a burglar illegally enters my home, he has the right to demand that I fix lunch for him?" ... no of course not.

But when an illigal immigrant says he'll reshingle your roof for the labour cost of $100 and a free lunch you'll take him up on his offer. Thing is, these people have caught on to this. They realize now that they aren't really illegal. That they are a valuable asset and as they are,they want some rights for their efforts. Some fair share of the pie. Is that wrong?

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