Is the hospital moral if it violates our immigration laws, but not moral if it acts within the law?

Question

The case of a Carrollton woman who faces deportation has raised questions among activists, lawyers and her family, who question the collaboration between a private hospital and the city's police to arrest her.

According to a Denton County affidavit, 40-year-old María Martínez used a fake Social Security card to apply for a job in mid-July at a Luby's restaurant inside Trinity Medical Center at 4343 Josey Lane.

The document says that Ms. Martínez "had a 10:30 a.m. appointment" on July 23 with the hospital's human resources department, where she was arrested by Carrollton police.

Gabriela Martínez, Ms. Martínez's daughter, said the appointment was a ruse planned by the hospital and the police to arrest her mother.

Gabriela Martínez said the hospital had initially told her mother she wouldn't get the job because she had submitted fake government documents with her application. However, Gabriela Martínez added that the hospital called the next day and reoffered the position, reportedly saying the documents would no longer be necessary. She said detectives were waiting for her mother when she arrived.

"A hospital, from my point of view, needs to have morals, before anything else. It's the first time I hear that a hospital helps deport a person," she said. <The woman is using fake documents to illegally apply for a job, but its the hospital that doesn't have morals?http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/carrollton/stories/DN-deport_08met.ART0.North.Edition1.4d75e75.html

Answer 1

&quot;It&#039;s the first time I hear that a hospital helps deport a person,&quot; she said

Geez,, I thought &quot;moral&quot; meant &quot;doing the right thing, even if it&#039;s difficult?&quot;

Answer 2

For Medical emergencies a hospital can not call for deportation or arrest a patient. They need to be assessed and treated by law regardless of status. However, them telling of a blatant use of falsified documents was not only moral it was ethical. The activists have lost their marbles in my opinion if they think this was immoral in the first place. Well done to the hospital for not hiring someone who themselves was lacking morals and ethics in the first place. Shame on the daughter for thinking breaking the law was justified.

Answer 3

She got caught using fake papers (breaking the law) but the next day she was reoffered the job.

morals had nothing to do with this story..

Answer 4

Hot d**n that was a good one. A hospital has to act within morals when it&#039;s got to do with sickness not hiring.  

Answer 5

Ever heard of E-verify? an employer is required to report illegals  

Answer 6

The hospital acted in a very moral manor. It is the obligation of every organization and individual to help support our laws. Failure to report a fourth degree felony (entering or being in the USA without proper documentation) or a second degree felony (identity theft) is a violation of the law in and of itself.

How did the Hospital act in an immoral manor?

Answer 7

The hospital did the right and moral thing in my opinion.