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All this means is we are paying for illegal alien health care with higher insurance cost and our taxes. All the while citizens and legal immigrants can't get health insurance, go into bankruptcy form medical bills they cannot cover, etc.

This is just another incentive for illegals to cross the boarder at the encouragement of their country so US citizens foot the bill.

Exactly, and maybe if the tax burden is felt by those in other states, then maybe those states might actually want to do something about the problem. My state taxes are already paying for illegals here, I'm just looking to share the pain with my fellow non border state citizens. Illegals are destoying the health care system in my state because the Federal government refuses to do its job. It's about time other states share the burden.

This has been happening for years. My mom worked for the Welfare department when I was in Junior High and High School in Fresno. She would talk from time to time about her "clients" (her word, not mine) that were illegal and recieving aid. I asked why she would not turn any of them in to immigration, and she said that she was not allowed to. I do not know what has changed since that date, as quite a bit of "Welfare Reform" has happened in the last 15 or so years. But I don't expect too much if this is still happening.

Well it certainly takes the pressure off us border states. But I'm not so sure that was a good thing overall. At least here in AZ, I have noticed that those of us who are closest to the border and to the problem seem to be more sympathetic toward the migrants than people elsewhere seem to be. This "solution" removes our biggest gripe against them, however.

I would have preferred a solution that was part of a more comprehensive plan. For this particular issue, my preferred solution would be for employers of Mexican Nationals to pay into a fund to cover emergency room care for their employees. This would requre some sort of legal guest worker program to be in place first, of course.

Arizona's Prop 200 should go a good way toward reducing or eliminating illegal welfare leeches. So far, so good. It has resisted the early court challenges. Time to get something similar passed in other states.