These naturalized citizens have opened a free health care clinic for people temporarily out of a job and without insurance. They are giving back to their adopted country. - - Donna Poisl
By TIFFANY RONEY, The Wichita Eagle
WICHITA | Abdul Arif, a Wichita-based attorney originally from India, and a group of his friends — all immigrants — have opened a free health care clinic as a way to give back to the United States.
Named Mayflower Clinic for the ship that brought the Pilgrims to America, the clinic offers a full range of medical care — everything but hospitalization. It is designed to help people between jobs or temporarily lacking health insurance, not chronically unemployed or homeless.
“They’re people like … an aircraft worker who may be temporarily out of a job; that job could have been a $90,000-a-year job with all the benefits,” said Bill Hess, College Hill Neighborhood Association president. “What this clinic is designed to do is to provide benefits for that individual.”
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This country was built by immigrants, it will continue to attract and need immigrants. Some people think there are enough people here now -- people have been saying this since the 1700s and it still is not true. They are needed to make up for our aging population and low birthrate. Immigrants often are entrepreneurs, creating jobs. We must help them become Americans and not just people who live here and think of themselves as visitors. When immigrants succeed here, the whole country benefits.
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