In the latest outrage involving illegal immigration, mentally ill U.S. citizens in Florida are being placed on waiting lists for treatment because public facilities are overcrowded with illegal aliens.
As if this weren't disturbing enough, state officials want to turn the illegal immigrants over to federal authorities but patient confidentiality laws forbid it because it would violate the illegal aliens' privacy.
The baffling information was revealed this week by a northern Florida newspaper that says the crisis puts the state at the forefront of a national debate over whetherillegal immigrants should enjoy the same rights to public health care as legal residents...
