I've never heard any serious person suggest that hospitals stop treating sick patients, but let's face it: the whole immigration situation is completely broken. It's going to take some people w/ unbelievable political guts to honestly address it, much less fix it.
As much as I don't necessarily share Steve's particular POV re: blaming the immigrants, (how can you blame anyone for wanting to escape Mexico?), I agree w/ the premise that massive, unchecked illegal immigration is extremely damaging to the U.S. and our way of life. Not because of who the immigrants are, (they are mostly wonderful people), but simply because of the implications of rapid and huge population growth. California promises to become a completely unlivable place in my lifetime if something is not done very soon, and the rest of the country will follow.
Why can't we enforce our borders and immigration laws, and put serious effort into helping Mexico become at least a 2nd world country?