The writers of the amendment didn't envision a people border-hopping to take advantage of welfare and social programs unheard of in 1866. Though being a strict constructionist, I don't agree with "re-interpreting" the Constitution. It says what it says. (Justices did find a right to abortion in the same 14th amendment.) However, if we had a fence or a some enforcement, pregnant women couldn't as easily cross to deliver babies.
So this woman was then taken to hospital by helicopter and given care. How much has that cost? People worry about healthcare costs, but when hospitals have to incur unreimbursable expenses, who do you think they pass those costs on to? You and me via higher insurance costs. I feel sorry for the girl, but allowing unfettered immigration allows Mexico to avoid making necessary soceital and economic changes.
An 18-year-old woman who gave birth in the desert used nail clippers to cut her baby girl's umbilical cord before being rescued by U.S. Border Patrol agents, authorities said Wednesday.
The woman was spotted Monday night by a Border Patrol helicopter pilot about 25 miles north of the border, said Ron Bellavia, commander of the agency's search, trauma and rescue operations in the Tucson sector.
The woman, believed to be an illegal immigrant, was with two other people, and all appeared in distress, agents said. Her nationality was not immediately known.
She was taken by helicopter to University Medical Center in Tucson, Bellavia said. Her daughter was carried on a four-wheel-drive vehicle about five miles to a road, where an ambulance transported her the hospital. AP
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