Одним комментарием навеяло. Молодой человек типичной восточно-европейской внешности приехал в Штаты по студенческой визе, познакомился с девушкой, учеба побоку, из колледжа отчислили. Виза, соответственно, протухла и легальный статус кончился, а с ним и деньги. Поэтому в какой-то момент молодой человек поехал на сельхоз-подработку "в поля", окучивать растение капуста под знойным аризонским солнцем в компании хиспаников. Тут - опаньки - на ферму приезжает патрульная айсовская машина, и депортационные офицеры начинают проверять документы у фермерского персонала, потому что на владельца фермы кто-то настучал, что тот нанимает нелегалов. Из всех работников арестовали только нашего блондинистого студента, а мексиканцев проверили на уголовные дела, да и отпустили по домам.
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Выделяться из массы всегда опасно.
Это ко всему вашему ЖЖ, не только к этому посту.
(если что, мне не нужен пиар, зафредживание, иммиграционная помощь и прочее, я просто уже давно вас читаю и наконец-то захотела высказаться)..
HEALTH CARE FOR ALL CALIFORNIANS: SB 4
California is estimated to be the home of 2.6 million undocumented individuals, making up 7% of the state’s population, 9% of the state’s workforce, and 23% of the country’s total undocumented population[1]. In 2014, undocumented individuals paid $2.7 billion in state and local taxes in the state of California.[2]
Problematically, of the 2.6 million, only 39% of them are estimated to have private health care insurance[3], costing the state $1.4 billion dollars in emergency visits from the uninsured undocumented[4]. Interestingly enough, it would cost only $360 million or a 2% increase in California’s Medi-Cal spending per year, to insure the undocumented population in our state[5].
According to the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly; “Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself [or herself] and of his [hers] family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services…”[6].
Yet, there are undocumented and uninsured individuals such as 51-year-old Angel Torres who has lived in California for the past two decades, and has never accessed a doctor although he demonstrates symptoms of diabetes, known to have affected his own family[7]. Similarly, 65-year-old undocumented and uninsured Juana from Los Angeles is unable to address her multiple medical needs; Juana earns about $4,500 per year cleaning homes, and spends $1,000 out of pocket on medications per year[8]. Experiencing a progressive deterioration of her body due to health issues, Juana’s lack of medical coverage presents as a barrier to fully engage in treatment that could improve her health and therefore life. Angel and Juana, like many others in their situation, have to settle for zero to limited preventative health care, increasing their health risks and likelihood to be in need of the ER in the near future.
This year, Senator Ricardo Lara introduced the Health for All Act known as SB 4 in order to address the deficiency of insured undocumented individuals in the state of California.
These individuals are part of our community, and it is with our community efforts that we can and we will let Governor Jerry Brown know what we as a state need. Signing this petition will notify Brown as to what California needs.