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Hernandez 6citizens is increasing. President Obama's healthcare reform is said to fine those found withoutmedical coverage this coming year through taxes. How can you fine the unidentifiedundocumented citizen? Where does that unpaid cost filter to? How can you regulate this policyon this community? When I was working back east as a surgical technician, the percentage ofundocumented who came for emergency care was high. There was many factors as to why theywaited until their condition became critical. One of the factors that many undocumented citizensshared was the lack of medical coverage. Another was the fear of being deported to Mexico. Thecost of debt is disproportionate when comparing two factors. It is like comparing a healthycheck-up versus hernia surgery. The debt left behind for the facility to absorb is greater. Thisdebt trickles down to the cost for other patients. When someone steals from a store, the cost ofthe item shoplifted trickles down to the consumer in cents. It is the same way in comparison tohaving vague immigration laws that do not address every issue.The grey lines of an undocumented immigrant has become a super highway. Thedefinition of the undocumented has evolved with the increase in their community. They nowhave a presence that has infiltrated our looking glass of perception. Some of those citizens haveovercome many obstacles and achieved the American dream of becoming legal citizens like EvaPaus. Yet, there is also some who are like the description in Prologue from Invisible Man, andthey die being invisible. We have to ask ourselves, as United States citizens, what is the definingpoint that will allow us to reform our current policies? My defining point was witnessingMarianna die at the county hospital. She had no identification, medical coverage, sense ofsecurity, or valuable assets except her soul. Where is your demarcation line?
Hernandez 7Works CitedPaus, Eva. "Reflections of a New U.S. Citizen." Composing a Civic Life. Eds. Michael Berndtand Amy Muse. 2nd Ed. New York: Pearson, 2007. 25-26. Print.Ellison, Ralph. "Prologue from Invisible Man." Composing a Civic Life. Eds. Michael Berndtand Amy Muse. 2nd Ed. New York: Pearson, 2007. 25-26. Print.G.W. Davidson, M.A. Seaton and J. Simpson. The Wordsworth Concise English Dictionary.Great Britain: Wordsworth Editions Ltd., 1994. Print.Longley, Robert. Do Illegal Aliens Have Constitutional Rights?. About.com, n.d. Web. 9 Sep.2013.
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