I do want to put one little asterisk on the healthcare thing: undocumented migrants should be allowed to benefit from public-health measures aimed at controlling infectious disease, like vaccines. That's an instance in which "taking care" of migrants is in the self-interest of the citizenry.
Totally agree with you. No human being should be denied access to medically necessary health care, regardless of immigration status. I am really making a narrow point about discourse and the "how."
"Harris is correct that we shouldn’t deny any individual — especially children — access to basic public services, regardless of their citizenship or residency status. But that doesn’t mean those services have to be provided in the same way to non-citizens and citizens, or to non-citizen children versus non-citizen adults."
I do want to put one little asterisk on the healthcare thing: undocumented migrants should be allowed to benefit from public-health measures aimed at controlling infectious disease, like vaccines. That's an instance in which "taking care" of migrants is in the self-interest of the citizenry.
Totally agree with you. No human being should be denied access to medically necessary health care, regardless of immigration status. I am really making a narrow point about discourse and the "how."
"Harris is correct that we shouldn’t deny any individual — especially children — access to basic public services, regardless of their citizenship or residency status. But that doesn’t mean those services have to be provided in the same way to non-citizens and citizens, or to non-citizen children versus non-citizen adults."