Exceeded $1.1 billion last year in California:
Mehlman said Los Angeles County, especially, should not be partnering with the consulate to provide health services. “The county is broke, they are cutting back on services, they are closing emergency rooms, yet they are dreaming up new ways to provide benefits to illegal aliens,” he said. “It’s lunacy.”Health services to illegal immigrants in Los Angeles County cost the Medi-Cal program nearly $440 million in 2005, according to the California Department of Health Services. Statewide, that number was more than $1.1 billion last year.
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I can hardly believe the Mexican government operates forty-seven consulates in this country, that fact alone is amazing. So in addition to facilitating their native-born citizens to violate our laws, they also are assisting them in obtaining government benefits and services while they are unlawfully here in the USA.
Where is our governmemnt while this abuse is going on? Oh that’s right, in collusion with the governement of Mexico and against the interests of the state and local governments in the US, as well as against the local economies whose resources are being used to pay for those unlawful entrants.
What’s that “giant sucking sound” I hear?
When there is a bad outcome the Mexican Consulate refers them to trial attorneys. How do I know. I was sued by an illegal immigrant who was noncompliant with follow up instructions and was refered to a law firm by the Mexican consulate.
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