Thread: TX: Mexico Consulate Gives Free Health Care to Illegal Alien

Mexico Consulate Gives Free Health Care to Illegal Aliens in Texas
Vaccinations and AIDS tests

December 22, 2008

By Patricia Giovine

EL PASO, TEXAS -- At least 600 immigrants, most of them undocumented, have been vaccinated this year by the Mexican Consulate in El Paso in its efforts to improve the quality of life of Mexicans who are afraid to go to hospitals.

Mexico's consul in this border city, Roberto Rodriguez Hernandez, told Efe that 250 AIDS tests have also been performed.

"The immigrant community, especially those who are undocumented in El Paso, come to us so that we will provide them with free health care because they're afraid of being reported if they show up at clinics or hospitals," he said.

Rodriguez said that because of the immigrant community's ignorance about its rights, the consulate is carrying out a campaign to get those who need medical care to go to clinics serving low-income people.

"In that way, hundreds of undocumented immigrants have started going to clinics where they are treated and pay according to their economic possibilities," the diplomat said.

Vaccines have also been sent to remote rural and poor areas like Lovington and Hobbs in neighboring New Mexico, where workers from the El Paso consulate go as well.

"The intention is to improve the quality of life of Mexicans in South Texas and New Mexico by giving them ways to take care of their health and avoid worse problems later on that could require emergency service," he said.

The Mexican Consulate also tries to raise compatriots' educational levels and imbue them with the cultural values and traditions they left behind and now miss so much.

Rodriguez Hernandez said that the consulate will also increase the number of places for high-school students in New Mexico's Doña Ana County.

At the same time it will increase the number of places at El Paso's Center Against Family Violence.

These centers are devoted to improving education for Mexicans, including abused women, and plan to extend their facilities to poor Latino neighborhoods, churches and community centers.

They have also established support centers in jails like La Tuna Federal Prison in New Mexico, where more than 150 inmates have received high-school instruction and upon graduation receive a diploma from Mexican educational authorities.

"This is especially important because when these Mexicans are released they are deported to Mexico, and with these studies they can find a decent job," he said.

Rodriguez said they have stressed keeping up Mexicans' pride in their roots, and have organized Mexican celebrations such as Cinco de Mayo, Mexican independence day, altars to the dead, Day of the Child and Christmas "posadas," symbolizing Mary and Joseph finding a place for Jesus to be born.

"We generally try to give Mexicans a comprehensive kind of attention so they will value their roots and integrate better in the United States," he said.

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Good! Let the Mexican government pay for their care. And while they're at it they should provide illegals transportation back to Mexico.

This is their plan: to create a shadow support network that will eventually take over the legitimate local, then state, then federal government. If they can get everything from their consulate, why go through the US gov, except to get their freebies.

"The intention is to improve the quality of life of Mexicans in South Texas and New Mexico by giving them ways to take care of their health and avoid worse problems later on that could require emergency service," he said.

How can improving the quality of life for illegal aliens not be considered an act of encouraging illegal immigration? Shouldn't our goal be to decrease the quality of life for those here illegally?

"We generally try to give Mexicans a comprehensive kind of attention so they will value their roots and integrate better in the United States," he said.


The most hypocritical statement I've read yet from a Mexican Consulate.....shouldn't they have been providing comprehensive educational, health and economic opportunities for their people to keep them integrated better in MEXICO?!!!! Por favor, give me a break....build the fence. Enforce the law. Si Se Puede....Ya es Hora!

The Mexican Consulate also tries to raise compatriots' educational levels and imbue them with the cultural values and traditions they left behind and now miss so much.

In other words they want them to come here and work, send the money back to Mexico but remain Loyal to Mexico...so the United States ends up with a whole mess of people who are not loyal to our country!

Your aiding and abetting illegal activity in the United States and interfering with American Policys and thumbing your nose at our laws you and your consulate should be thrown out of this country.

When illegals show up at your consulate tell them to go back to mexico to be treated where they belong!

They have also established support centers in jails like La Tuna Federal Prison in New Mexico, where more than 150 inmates have received high-school instruction and upon graduation receive a diploma from Mexican educational authorities.

Why doesnt Mexico offer high school to their citizens in Mexico? I heard you have to be rich to continue school after 6th grade.

Woo-hoo! The Mexicans brag about giving one-one-hundredths of one percent (.00015) of these scofflaws their shots. Rounded off, that still leaves four million diseased foreigners and their children "blending" with our kids. The American public has grown tired of hearing about this subject and that's an indicator that the Mexicans are winning the propaganda battle. Time to give them 30 days to get out then... Well, you know.

Maybe we should go into the Mexican consulates and demand free health care

Rodriguez said they have stressed keeping up Mexicans' pride in their roots, and have organized Mexican celebrations such as Cinco de Mayo, Mexican independence day, altars to the dead, Day of the Child and Christmas "posadas," symbolizing Mary and Joseph finding a place for Jesus to be born.

"We generally try to give Mexicans a comprehensive kind of attention so they will value their roots and integrate better in the United States," he said.

Celebrating Cinco de Mayo, Mexican independence day, etc. does not help Mexicans integrate better in the United States. Here's an idea, let's go to Mexico City and see if they're interested in sponsoring a 4th of July party for us.