It is understandable that many Americans, while firmly opposing illegal immigration, nevertheless feel compassion even toward those who come here illegally with the goal of improving their lives.
But compassion is no reason to create unsound public policy.
In Florida, for instance, a recent news article noted that scores of mentally ill individuals have been denied beds in mental health hospitals because those facilities are crowded with illegal aliens.
It is certainly bad enough that people who have no right to be in this country are making costly use of a state's mental health services and facilities. But it gets worse: By law, the illegal aliens may not be turned over to federal immigration authorities, because that would violate their supposed "rights" to "patient confidentiality," the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times reported.
We cannot imagine why a person who entered this country illegally or remained after his visa had expired should enjoy the same confidentiality rights as U.S. citizens.
What's worse, in this case, illegal aliens are directly denying needed mental health services to our citizens.
Those backwards priorities are not "compassion." They are an affront to the rule of law.
Up is down, down is up. The sane are now insane. Progressive-Left politics in 2010 and beyond. California, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington, Oregon and Florida et al. So what else is new in the good ole US of A?
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