Illegal Immigrant Health Care

I have a couple of problems with this. First is the slippery slope. How long until we (since we are FedGov) start paying for all the health care of illegals?

Second springs from a point made in the article:

"It seems to me that if the federal government has abdicated its responsibility for immigration enforcement, then it's responsible for making those jurisdictions whole," said Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, a think tank based in Washington.

Why isn't this $1 Billion going to border enforcement? In 2003, the INS budget was $6.5 Billion. Why are we paying so much to pay for health care of people that cross the border illegally instead of giving the INS a 15% bump to prevent it from happening?

Washington sucks sometimes.