Second Thoughts for
October 24, 2009
by SamHenry
So you are upset that illegals will be covered under the provisions of the new health care legislation? Well you have nothing to worry about. They will be – if not now – later.
The Administration’s priority list ensures it as specifically outlined at the Guadalajara Summit last spring:
[I]n the most detailed outline yet of his timetable, the president said that he expected Congress, after completing work on health care, energy and financial regulation, to draft immigration bills this year. He said he would begin work on getting the measures passed in 2010. [New York Times]
The priories in his legislative program are so very critical. To put immigration policy first would have been to hopelessly bog down the Obama march to the sea of government reform – the overall target of his Administration’s policies. To those who complain that health care should not come first, their complaints have fallen on deaf ears. They are told that the uninsured can’t wait anymore. What can one say after this?
But note in the health care legislation there are options or loopholes or vague language that will allow for revisiting the act to incorporate much that may be bypassed in this go-round. It is what is not spelled out in the proposed health care legislation that speaks the loudest. When the legislation has passed, we can have a closer look. We know we will only get a couple of days to review the final document before the vote – if at all.
So the Administration will push health care reform through and then like good cowboys chasing the outlaws, they will double back and reopen the health care debate. I am willing to put money on that one!
Now going back to the related issue of immigration, here is a summary of where our situation stands:
Several new bills are being introduced in the U.S. Congress to eliminate automatic citizenship. The hope is to reform immigration by making it impossible to become a citizen just by going over the border and having a baby.
Rep. Nathan Deal, Republican of Georgia, has introduced HR1868 titled the Birthright Citizenship Act of 2009. This would amend the Immigration and Nationality act. Under this proposed legislation in order to gain citizenship an individual born in the United States must have at least one parent who is a United States citizen, lawful permanent resident alien with residence in the United States or an alien performing active service in the United States armed services. [Digital Journal]
This is a Republican measure. Look for it to go NOWHERE.
See also: US Citizenship and Immigration Services
Now let’s turn to the country that is now seen as a model for immigration policies – our neighbor to the north, Canada:
Canadian immigration polices seen as model for other countries
Monday, 05 October 2009 00:00The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has named Canada as a model to other countries on how to accept new immigrants and migrant workers.
In a report entitled Overcoming Barriers: Human Mobility and Development, UNDP ranks Canada among a small group of countries with generally fair and open policies that benefit both immigrants and their new home country.
“The report really singles out Canada as a model as a receiving country,” David Morrison, the executive secretary of the United Nations Capital Development Fund, said.
In addition, Canada was singled out for what it provides to newcomers upon their arrival, such as access to health care services and education. [Canadavisa.com]
Mexico’s health care system provides one of the greatest surprised there is Americans move to that country because of cost factors:
MEXICO CITY — It sounds almost too good to be true: a health care plan with no limits, no deductibles, free medicines, tests, X-rays, eyeglasses, even dental work — all for a flat fee of $250 or less a year.To get it, you just have to move to Mexico.
As the United States debates an overhaul of its health care system, thousands of American retirees in Mexico have quietly found a solution of their own, signing up for the health care plan run by the Mexican Social Security Institute.
The system has flaws, the facilities aren’t cutting-edge, and the deal may not last long because the Mexican government said in a recent report that it is “notorious” for losing money. But for now, retirees say they’re getting a bargain.
“It was one of the primary reasons I moved here,” said Judy Harvey of Prescott Valley, who now lives in Alamos, Sonora. “I couldn’t afford health care in the United States. … To me, this is the best system that there is.”
It’s unclear how many Americans use IMSS, but with between 40,000 and 80,000 U.S. retirees living in Mexico, the number probably runs “well into the thousands,” said David Warner, a public policy professor at the University of Texas. [USA Today]
Well there you have it. Obama met in Mexico with the President of Mexico and the Prime Minister of Canada last spring followed by news Canada has exemplary immigration policies. With a tradition in this triumvirate to bring all policies in all categories in the policies of our three nations into some kind of alignment, watch for the Obama Administration to make a left turn to the Canadian model.
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Posted on October 24, 2009