Nobody argues that use of emergency rooms by illegal immigrants is not a problem. However, the solution is not some neverland idea of sending them all back, or presenting them with a list of absurd preconditions for becoming citizens--like "touch-back"--or huge fines--but rather a more reasonable process: a proficiency in English, no criminal record (the act of illegal immigration itself should not disqualify), etc.

And a push to raise the minimum wage should be part of it. This would help get them on the road--as so many immigrants before--to climbing the economic ladder. And would eventually allow them to have their own health care--as would universal health care itself (which is of course another topic.).   The poor in the US already use emergency rooms disproportionately--as their last resort. And taxpayers pay for it. But trying to deprive them of it is no solution to the problem.

As I've said before, it's because the illegal immigrants are are illegal that employers can exploit them. The solution is not to try to punish them, but to make them legal.