The case for screening for mental health problems

Submitted by dhimmi no more (United States), Dec 20, 2014 at 10:17

Peter you wrote

No, I am afraid mental illness should not be a reason to refuse entry to a humanitarian nation like Australia. I would be ashamed if we did that.

Yes I agree with you here but the age of Emma Lazarus and her: "Give me your poor your huddled masses yearing to breath free the wretched refuse of your teeming shore send these the homeless tempest-tost to me I lift my lamp beside the golden door." is gone

The aim of the medical and psychological screening of immigrants is to identify let us say those immigrants with serious contagious infections the likes of leprosy and we do not want serial killers living among us

There is no doubt that in this day and age with health care being so expensive who is going to pay the cost of treating these potential immigrants? and people with serious mental health issues pose a more serious problem after all you can treat leprosy but how can you stop some nut case from being a serial killer?

There are no easy answers here and yes and I can assure you that neither LA or New York can function without the Latino immigrants and we should open our doors to them but not to nut cases

However, I feel in the case of this man, and many others like him, that the moment they broke our laws, by writing to the families of our soldiers killed in action, he should of been immediately deported and lost all rights to ever enter here again.

The real problem here is: Here in the US the ACLU is never far behind and they are ready to fight on behalf of even the most sordid of terrorists

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