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Old 03-28-2014, 09:29 AM
 
Location: San Diego, CA
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Are you an undocumented immigrant?
No. Are we to assume everyone who seeks assistance at a Mexican consulate is?
Are we to assume that NO ONE who seeks assistance at a Mexican consulate is?
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Old 03-28-2014, 09:31 AM
 
Location: Annandale, VA
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Apparently Mexican consulate automatically equals illegal immigrants. How low can you get? When it comes to the haters, pretty low



If you're a xenophobic neo-Confederate that dabbles in casual racism, then yes

The ONLY reason to visit a consulate is if you are a tourist and need help from your HOME country. If you are a legal immigrant, you are required to know English to become a citizen and only citizens should be applying for benefits.
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Old 03-28-2014, 09:34 AM
 
Location: San Diego, CA
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as if every single Mexican national living here is an illegal immigrant
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No. Are we to assume everyone who seeks assistance at a Mexican consulate is?
It's always entertaining to watch the leftist hysterics, carefully misinterpreting the obvious as hard as they can to try to pretend they have a point.

All these people have, are lies. Their entire agenda is built on them.
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Old 03-28-2014, 09:43 AM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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No. Are we to assume everyone who seeks assistance at a Mexican consulate is?
Well, let's see.

Brownsville Texas has seen illegal immigration double.
Nearly 23% of the workforce in south Texas are "undocumented".

That region and McAllen are poor so more than likely they qualify for medicaid (can't do the expanded since Texas opted out).

I guess they get more business in the Brownsville Tx consulate than the one in NYC eh ?
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Old 03-28-2014, 10:06 AM
 
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The ONLY reason to visit a consulate is if you are a tourist and need help from your HOME country. If you are a legal immigrant, you are required to know English to become a citizen and only citizens should be applying for benefits.
Legal non-residents will also need to sign-up for health insurance. You know people do sometimes get sick in other countries and those countries usually require some sort of coverage.

The consolute also helps outreach to hispanic citizens because HHS has done an abysmal job of getting the word out to their community.

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Apparently Mexican consulate automatically equals illegal immigrants. How low can you get? When it comes to the haters, pretty low
But remember that it's racists to call them out as being racists. So tread lightly!
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Old 03-28-2014, 10:06 AM
 
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It's always entertaining to watch the leftist hysterics, carefully misinterpreting the obvious as hard as they can to try to pretend they have a point.
Do try answering the question. Are we to assume everybody who frequents a Mexican consulate is an illegal alien? If not, then how do you conclude that Joe Wilson was right? It shouldn't be that hard.
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Old 03-28-2014, 10:09 AM
 
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The ONLY reason to visit a consulate is if you are a tourist and need help from your HOME country.
I'm a legal resident, and so I know you're wrong.

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If you are a legal immigrant, you are required to know English to become a citizen and only citizens should be applying for benefits.
I'm still a legal resident, and you're still wrong.

(Incidentally, getting an insurance policy under the ACA is not a benefit, but what is one drop of bad information in such a raging torrent of ignorance?)
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Old 03-28-2014, 10:42 AM
 
Location: Barrington
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Undoc­u­mented immi­grants are not regarded as “qual­i­fied indi­vid­u­als” under the law, and are not allowed to pur­chase health insur­ance through state health exchanges even if they are able to do so with their own money. They are not eligible for Medicaid, Medicare or CHIPS.

About half the states have programs/exceptions for pregnant women and children, regardless of where they were born.

ERs have been stabilizing all people who come through the door, regardless of their immigration status or ability to pay and have been doing so for almost 30 years. This includes pregnant women in labor.

Children born in the U.S. have birth rights and are not denied benefits because of their parent's undocumented state. Children born in the U.S. to undocumented parents have always had the same right to qualify for benefits as children born to documented parents.

Back in 1986, Reagan promised to secure the borders. He did not.
Neither did any admin/congress that followed.

So long as employers feel free to employ undocumented workers, it will not matter how much money is thrown at securing the borders.

The Senate approved a bipartisan Senate Committee immigration package. The house does not have an alternative and does not want to take the political risk of a public vote. And so, the immigration can will continue to kick forward as it has for almost 30 years.
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Old 03-28-2014, 10:51 AM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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Undoc*u*mented immi*grants are not regarded as “qual*i*fied indi*vid*u*als” under the law, and are not allowed to pur*chase health insur*ance through state health exchanges even if they are able to do so with their own money. They are not eligible for Medicaid, Medicare or CHIPS.

About half the states have programs/exceptions for pregnant women and children, regardless of where they were born.

ERs have been stabilizing all people who come through the door, regardless of their immigration status or ability to pay and have been doing so for almost 30 years. This includes pregnant women in labor.

Children born in the U.S. have birth rights and are not denied benefits because of their parent's undocumented state. Children born in the U.S. to undocumented parents have always had the same right to qualify for benefits as children born to documented parents.

Back in 1986, Reagan promised to secure the borders. He did not.
Neither did any admin/congress that followed.

So long as employers feel free to employ undocumented workers, it will not matter how much money is thrown at securing the borders.

The Senate approved a bipartisan Senate Committee immigration package. The house does not have an alternative and does not want to take the political risk of a public vote. And so, the immigration can will continue to kick forward as it has for almost 30 years.
And this administration has shown over and over that they don't care what "the law" says.

With your mention of Reagan are you blaming all this on the Republicans ?
LOL at that.

Obamacare negotiators camping out in Brownsville Tx and McAllen Tx have nothing to do with immigration bills currently in Congress.

Obviously the Obama administration thinks the biggest concentration of "legal" immigrants are in these 2 poor border towns.

I've never been to McAllen but I've been to Brownsville twice and will NEVER go back.
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Old 03-28-2014, 02:28 PM
 
Location: Louisiana
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Who cares?
According to BiteMe, "They're already Americans in my view."
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