en require vaccinations and other health care check ups before they are allowed to enter public schools. In addition the mothers giving birth to those children must have prenatal care as well as delivery care through the state's health care system, giving rise to the debate that their needs are reducing the accessibility and availability of health care for citizens.
             Experts in the field of demographics, social services and finance are divided about the impact that illegal immigrants are having on the California health care system. It is an important question to measure as the answer will provide support for future policy decisions.
             The growing concern about illegal immigrants coupled with the public outrage about the current state of California's health care system support the need to determine what the impact on the health care system is by illegal immigrants.
             For one to understand the impact of illegal immigrants on the California health care system it is important to also look at the national picture and how it relates to the California issues.
             A recent survey of emergency rooms across the country concluded that illegal immigrants are creating a financial burden for health care systems across the board. The basis for this conclusion is the millions of illegal immigrants that visit emergency rooms without having any medical insurance and needing care.
             One recent study examined the impact that illegal immigrants under the influence of alcohol have on the national health care system and found many instances in which the illegal immigrant drove drunk, caused an accident and sent from one to 12 victims to emergency rooms(Kirkwood, 2006).
             While this is a sad statistic there are also many instances in which the drunk drivers are American citizens and create the same statistical figures(Kirkwood, 2006).
             "In June, 2004, an article in the Washington Post concluded that emergency-room care "is on the verge of...