Illegal immigrants and health care: a costly dilemma

Illegal, unhealthy and expensive: many see illegal immigrants using emergency rooms, staying in hospitals, crowding into public clinics. Their persistent factoid holds that illegal immigrants are disproportionately gobbling up health care. Statistics belie the factoid. Illegal immigrants use emergency rooms less than native citizens. The reason is obvious: people here illegally are too afraid of…

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