Doesn't have to be coma...
Cancer is a fairly common occurrence, and cancer treatment can easily be in the
quarter-million dollar range. And here in CA, there have recently been
well-publicized incidents with insurance companies withdrawing coverage after
the fact, e.g.,
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/los_angeles_metro/la-fi-insure17apr17,1,689156,print.story
This has nothing to do with slackers, it just is reality in this country...
-Joe
robinstrax via ImmigrationKB.com wrote on 04/25/08 20:45:
> The arguments above are valid (the coma example is a bit morbid, but the most
> realistic of all arguments), in theory, on paper, but it still comes back to
> how often does it really happen -- one time out of how many cases? Amongst my
> friends and acquaintances, sponsored immigrants are some of the most
> motivated, hard workers around; the last thing they want is a handout -- and
> they will do anything, take any job to make sure that doesn't happen. Is that
> just in my world, or is there a growing community out there, that I'm not
> aware of (which is very possible), of slacker sponsee-immigrants collecting
> public assistance, one way or another?
>
> MH wrote:
>>> The more important point that I was unwittingly trying to get at was how
>>> often are immigrants even awarded public assistance.
>> A sponsorship is NOT just for public assistance. It's also used for "level
>> of income support". That is, you agree to maintain this person at the
>> 125% poverty level ($14-15K/year, whatever it is for that year) until they
>> have 40 quarters of work or leave the country, IIRC. That's minimum 10 years
>> of working - IF they work. If they don't, it's for the rest of your life.
>>
>> There's at least one case where the sponsored person sued the sponsor for
>> support, and they got it. $17K/year, or whatever it was.
>>
>> So, this is not just a "well, if you get public assistance" kind of thing..
>>
>> MH
>
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