Denver <cite>Rocky Mountain News</cite> Examines Immigration Issues

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Denver Rocky Mountain News Examines Immigration Issues

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Wednesday, August 30, 2006

The Denver Rocky Mountain News this week published two articles examining the effects of undocumented immigrants on health care as part of a series on immigration issues. Summaries appear below.

"Hospital, Medicare Numbers Tell Tale": Undocumented immigrants "contribute only a small share of the uninsured, underinsured and working poor who are increasingly relying on government and charity help," the Rocky Mountain News reports. "Foes of illegal immigration" say that no-cost medical care attracts undocumented immigrants to the U.S., but immigrant advocates and "immigrants themselves" say that they come to the U.S. to find work and that medical care is "an afterthought," according to the Rocky Mountain News (Brand/Ramirez, Denver Rocky Mountain News, 8/28).
"Babies Born in U.S. Stir Dispute": Despite a belief among immigration opponents that undocumented immigrants give birth to children in the U.S. to remain in the country and obtain government benefits, the "reality is that having a child does little to help an illegal immigrant avoid deportation, achieve legal status or gain government services for themselves," the Rocky Mountain News reports. The births of undocumented immigrants do contribute to state costs, though, with one in 10 Colorado births covered by emergency Medicaid, a category designated for people whose income qualifies for Medicaid but are unable to prove legal status (Ramirez, Denver Rocky Mountain News, 8/29).