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Originally Posted by Eric5273
I would agree with that. I don't think it would remove all incentive to cross the border illegally though. I doubt many women sneak across the border with the plan to get pregnant, have a kid, and collect welfare. I could be wrong, but I doubt this is a sizable number we are talking about here. I think it just happens once they are here. If you remove the welfare, then you will just have a bunch of hungry and homeless kids like you have here in NY.
I'm not sure what the numbers are out there, but in NYC over 50% of the homeless people are children under the age of 12.
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It's a very big number. I forgot where I saw the article, but a very high percentage of Mexican nationals who give birth in San Diego county hospitals are illegal aliens. Some of these women give birth within days or hours of crossing illegally. To risk their unborn while crossing through treacherous terrain points to the desirabiity of having a child born here in the states. But it must also be pointed out that pregnant women are treated unfairly in Mexican society. Their cultural belief is that pregnant women should not be working; pregnant women are typically discharged from their jobs even though they are fully capable of performing their duties.
I would have said Mexico is one F'd up place, but after seeing a film on Haiti tonight made by our church's missionaries, Mexico is Club Med.