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Illegal Immigration -The High Cost of Health Care

The year was 1907 and my grandmother was twelve years old. Her family had left Europe for a new and wonderful country with approximately 1.25 million other immigrants during that year. Her first stop in this new and wonderful country was Ellis Island. My Mother's family emigrated from Finland in 1907; I am a second generation American. Now 99 years later, there is again a large influx of immigrates to the United States. The difference now is that a vast majority of immigrants is crossing the borders illegally. There is a wide array of problems associated with this illegal immigration into the United States but health care is an unseen problem that affects us all with higher insurance premiums, crowded emergency departments, and closure of Hospitals.

How large of a problem are we discussing here? Estimates by Government agencies, independent organizations like Pew Hispanic Center and Center for Immigration Studies......

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