text: Wait, things ain’t even that simple. Since Pedro is illegal, lets arrest him. OOOPS, if his MI happens while he is in custody, the Fred Gov’t is required by the constitution to provide healthcare for all prisoners.
  OK, so Pedro, instead of taking his chest pain to the ER, takes himself to the police station? And then what happens?
  ALL children born in the US ARE citizens ..even if Mom and Dad are here illegally. Even Barack Obama is a citizen!
  Infectious diseases are not the only diseases that create a public danger .. mental illness also needs to be treated ..unless you think it is OK to let paranoid schizophrenics roam the street untreated .. you know like the birthers?
  and then there is the little matter of the Constitution. Unless you want to amend it, the US constitution’s award of rights is for all people in the US, not just legals.