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Border hospitals face mounting costs from illegal immigrants
In the Rio Grande border region hospitals report rising uncompensated emergency care to illegal immigrants. Brownsville and El Paso hospitals cite losses near half a million dollars monthly and efforts to collect debts in Mexico, while border crossings strain staffing and finances amid NAFTA growth and immigration delays.
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Brownsville
U.s.mexico Border Counties
Lorenzo Pelly
South Texas
Chris Harris
U.S
Brownsville Medical Center
Thomason Hospital
el Paso
Immigration and Naturalization Service
INS
B&m International ‘Bridge
Brownsiville
Matamoros
Mexico
Joe Galvan
Valley Doctors Clinic
Vicinte Salas
Tamalipas
Texas
Pelly
Texas State Senate
United States