Most of them seemed to be there for problems that were not of an emergency nature. Controlling my temper as best I could I asked one of the nurses what was going on. She looked at me sympathetically, nodded in the direction of the illegals and said 'If they don't pay, the county and the state cover our expenses. Illegal aliens to the front of the line, American citizens to the rear. No one is supposed to talk about this.
Democrats see a new base in illegal immigration.
The more poor people, the larger the constituency for social programs. The speaker of California's assembly has called on the state to issue drivers licenses to illegal aliens. And Democrats are moving at flank speed to turn illegals into voters. President Clinton, whose INS created 800,000 new citizens just in time to vote in 1996, is talking about another amnesty for all illegal aliens. The AFL- CIO, with visions of millions of new union members, is all for it.