Thread: Better Health Care Sought for Detained Immigrants

May 7, 2008
Better Health Care Sought for Detained Immigrants
By NINA BERNSTEIN and JULIA PRESTON

The head of a Congressional subcommittee looking into complaints of inadequate medical care in immigration detention announced on Tuesday that she had introduced legislation to set mandatory standards for care and to require that all deaths be reported to the Justice Department and Congress.

“This should not be part of the debate about illegal immigration,â€

THIS IS WHY WE SHOULD IMMEDIATELY DEPORT ILLEGALS. LET MEXICO TAKE CARE OF THEIR MEDICAL TREATMENT. TO DETAIN THEM COSTS MONEY. MEXICO SHOULD BE TAKING CARE OF ITS OWN CITIZENS. PLENTY OF AMERICANS NEED CANCER TREATMENT AND THEY DONT GET IT SOON ENOUGH. AND THAT IS BECAUSE THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY FOR THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM TO HANDLE.

[quote]"This is about whether the government is conducting itself according to the basic minimum standards of civilization.â€

Did you read the story of Rebecca Roth--imprisoned in Mexico and the condition. she faces and denial of medical treatment?


AE posted the article "American still in squalid conditions in Mexican jail"

.......The prison is filthy, cold, hot and overcrowded; she shares a six-bed cell with a baby and 14 women, several of them murderers..........

http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-114519.html

When Mexico fixes it's prison care for Americans & OTA, then we can too. Until then no deal. This Lofgren needs to be booted out of office, does she forget who she works FOR?