La Raza Demands Obama’s Health Reform Plan Cover Illegal Aliens
On Monday, June 15, the National Council of La Raza (La Raza), an open borders advocacy group, issued a statement calling upon Congress to ensure that illegal aliens are given health benefits if and when Congress considers health care reform.
La Raza’s statement “strongly urge[d] President Obama and Congress to make every effort to ensure that health care reform reaches all communities” in the United States, and stressed that “one out of every three uninsured persons and roughly 40% of all uninsured children [in the United States] are Latino,” and demanded “health care reform that makes coverage affordable and accessible for everyone — all families and all children.”
La Raza President and CEO Janet Murguía used the statement to emphasize that “everyone in the U.S. should contribute to a new health system,” and that “Latinos [would] accept their responsibility” to contribute to a new health care system and “will pay their fair share for the health coverage they need.” While the statement does not reference illegal immigration specifically, or distinguish between legal and illegal aliens, it does express concern that adding new, expensive verification and documentation procedures for immigrants would “severely restrict access to health care coverage.” (La Raza Press Release, June 15, 2009).
2 Comments
July 5, 2009 at 6:41 pm
My issue with this article is that the author is implying, inferring, or probably both that a Latino is automatically an illegal alien. No where in the press release does La Raza recommend that illegal aliens should be covered in a new national health care plan.
In fact, the press release the author posts states that La Raza concedes there needs to be immigration reform. The key issue that La Raza makes is that immigration reform should be addressed separately.
September 11, 2009 at 5:57 pm
It looks like our observation’s came true. Obama is going to cover Illegal Immigrants with his proposed Healthcare plan even though he says he isn’t.
http://carpentersvilleplayhouse.wordpress.com/2009/09/10/you-lie-representative-joe-wilson-says-to-obama-2/