By Michelle Malkin
Friday, May 23, 2014
A government that fails to secure its borders is guilty
of dereliction of duty. A government that fails to care for our men and women
on the frontlines is guilty of malpractice. A government that puts the needs of
illegal aliens above U.S. veterans for political gain should be prosecuted for
criminal neglect bordering on treason.
Compare, contrast and weep:
In Sacramento, Calif., lawmakers are moving forward with
a budget-busting plan to extend government-funded health insurance to at least
1.5 million illegal aliens.
In Los Angeles, federal bureaucrats callously canceled an
estimated 40,000 diagnostic tests and treatments for American veterans with
cancer and other illnesses to cover up a decade-long backlog.
In New York, doctors report that nearly 40 percent of
their patients receiving kidney dialysis are illegal aliens. A survey of
nephrologists in 44 states revealed that 65 percent of them treat illegal
aliens with kidney disease.
In Memphis, a VA whistleblower reported that his hospital
was using contaminated kidney dialysis machines to treat America's warriors.
The same hospital previously had been investigated for chronic overcrowding at
its emergency room, leading to six-hour waits or longer. Another watchdog probe
found unconscionable delays in processing lab tests at the center. In addition,
three patients died under negligent circumstances, and the hospital failed to
enforce accountability measures.
In Arizona, illegal aliens incurred health care costs
totaling an estimated $700 million in 2009.
In Phoenix, at least 40 veterans died waiting for VA
hospitals and clinics to treat them, while government officials created secret
waiting lists to cook the books and deceive the public about deadly treatment
delays.
At the University of California at Berkeley, UC President
Janet Napolitano (former secretary of the Department of Homeland Security) has
offered $5 million in financial aid to illegal alien students. Across the
country, 16 states offer in-state tuition discounts for illegal aliens:
California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota,
Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah and
Washington. In addition, the Rhode Island Board of Governors for Higher
Education, the University of Hawaii Board of Regents and the University of
Michigan Board of Regents all approved their own illegal alien tuition
benefits.
In 2013, the nation's most selective colleges and
universities had enrolled just 168 American veterans, down from 232 in 2011.
Anti-war activists have waged war on military recruitment offices at elite
campuses for years. The huge influx of illegal aliens in state universities is
shrinking the number of state-subsidized slots for vets.
In 2013, the Obama Department of Homeland Security
released 36,007 known, convicted criminal illegal aliens, according to the
Center for Immigration Studies. The catch-and-release beneficiaries include
thugs convicted of homicide, sexual assault, kidnapping, and thousands of drunk
or drugged driving crimes.
The same Department of Homeland Security issued a report
in 2009 that identified returning combat veterans as worrisome terrorist and
criminal threats to America.
In Washington, Big Business and open-borders lobbyists
are redoubling efforts to pass another massive illegal alien amnesty to flood
the U.S. job market with low-wage labor.
Across the country, men and women in uniform returning
home from Iraq and Afghanistan have higher jobless rates than the civilian
population. The unemployment rate for new veterans has spiked to its worst
levels, nearing 15 percent. For veterans ages 24 and under, the jobless rate is
a whopping 29.1 percent, compared to 17.6 percent nationally for the age group.
A Forbes columnist reported last year that an Air Force
veteran was told: "We don't hire your kind."
And last December, Democrats led the charge to reduce
cost-of-living increases in military pensions -- while blocking GOP Alabama
Sen. Jeff Sessions' efforts to close a $4.2 billion loophole that allows
illegal aliens to collect child tax credits from the IRS, even if they pay no
taxes. The fraudulent payments to illegal aliens would have offset the cuts to
veterans' benefits.
America: medical and welfare welcome mat to the rest of
the world, while leavings its best and bravest veterans to languish in hospital
lounges, die waiting for appointments, and compete for jobs and educational
opportunities against illegal border-crossers, document fakers, visa violators
and deportation evaders. Shame on us.
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