Well, Bill, under the Affordable Care Act, if they come to the U.S., they will be entitled to free health/hospitalization insurance coverage (despite anything to the contrary told to Rep. Joe Wilson). They will probably qualify for Food Stamps (and so an ObamaPhone, too). They may qualify for Section 8 or another housing subsidy program, as well as several other of the 140 or so federal welfare programs. Additionally, in several states, their children will qualify for in-state college tuition and various financial aid programs. And, it is likely that Immigration Reform will be soon proposed that will provide a pathway to citizenship for people who entered the U.S. illegally (and their children).

Doubtless, the rapid rise in food prices in foreign countries due, in part, to the U.S. government’s diversion of corn from food to ethenol fuel production is just an unfortunate artifact of that program.

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Roughly 50 percent of the [Guatemala’s] children are chronically malnourished, the fourth-highest rate in the world, according to the United Nations.

But hey, at least we get less efficient fuel that damages our engines!