Ariz. may require hospitals to check citizenship - AP

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

Why not just have the INS put tattoos on their arms while they're getting treatment?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110215/ap_on_re_us/us_immigrants_hospitals

PHOENIX – Republican lawmakers want to widen Arizona's illegal immigration crackdown with a proposal to require hospitals to check on whether patients are in the country legally, causing outrage among medical professionals who fear becoming de facto immigration agents under the law.

The medical industry ripped the bill Monday as it was scheduled for a hearing by the Senate Judiciary Committee. Doctors envisioned scenarios in which immigrants with contagious diseases such as tuberculosis would stay home from the clinic or hospital and put themselves and the public at a grave health risk.

"This is making us into a police state that will try to catch people when they are sick," said George Pauk, a retired doctor with an organization called Physicians for a National Health Program. "Do we want to stop sick people from coming in for health care?"

Opponents say the bill could pose serious health risks to those here legally and illegally. They believe the threat of deportation would keep some people from seeking health care for everything from emergency situations to measures such as vaccinations, potentially leading to preventable deaths. They also said it would increase hospitals' already-strained workload.

[proud2BlibKansan]

1. Tattoos are lots cheaper

[RKP5637]

2. We're getting there - or forced RFID tagging. n/t

[lonestarnot]

3. Or are illegal immigrants going to be turned away period? So now not only driving while brown, but

now treatment for brown? Different treatment due to race is discrimination.

[Historic NY]

4. The Stasi in action.

[sellitman]

5. Republicans are a disease.

They turn my stomach.

If there is a Hell I hope they burn in it.

[struggle4progress]

6. Don't trip and break an arm, or get bitten by a snake, while on vacation at the Grand Canyon

unless you have your passport with you

[Hello_Kitty]

7. Went down in the Senate Judiciary Committee today

But don't put it past Russell Pearce to resurrect it in another committee before the session is over.

[jillan]

8. Let them pass this racist little bill and just maybe the doctors in this state will start voting for

Democrats.

That sounds so cold and uncaring, but as a liberal living in Arizona part of me is getting bitter.
The people in this state got the government they voted for. I made thousands of phone calls trying to warn people, but nope.
They voted for these asshole racists.

And yes, the doctors too. I took my daughter to the doctor in the fall, the same doc she's been going to for years, and he has a letter on the wall from the Republican leadership committee thanking him for continuing to support the GOP's excellence in healthcare. How's that for going to the doctor and feeling more sick when you leave?

[Starry Messenger]

9. And will they be targetting people with European sounding names with funny accents?

What about tourists? :sarcasm: This is so fucking stupid.

[Gormy Cuss]

11. White privilege will come in handy.

Pasty skinned people will just tell them to fuck off and they'll get care without further ado.

[fishwax]

10. ugh

:puke:

[dixiegrrrrl]

12. K&R, with nausea at the idea.

[mainer]

13. How are they going to enforce this?

Doctors and nurses are not going to go along with this. Are you gonna fire 'em all?