Anonymous@94109, the statements you make only serve to point up your own lack of understanding about the issue and its ramifications.

While it would seem reasonable that application for social services SHOULD raise a red flag triggering action by the INS, this is not the case at all.

Many illegals here own cars, homes and still manage to fill the emergency rooms and ambulatory clinics of the county run (state funded) hospitals and many can be seen using their again state funded food stamp cards at the grocery stores.

I suggest anyone stating disbelief of my statements come down here and see for themselves. My feeling is most of the folks replying to this matter live in areas where the issue is not present on nearly the same scale as it is here in Texas, hence their disbelief or misunderstanding of its scope.

Hey B man, how's the weather up there dude ?