Taxpayers are footing the bill for illegal alien child molester suspect’s kidney dialysis

In South Bend, Indiana, an illegal alien who has been accused of child molestation is undergoing kidney dialysis three times a week at county taxpayers’ expense. The treatments have cost $17,000 per month since the man was arrested last summer.

The man is awaiting trial Feb. 12 on child molesting and other charges. The 46-year-old man was born in Mexico and has previously been deported from the U.S.

The Indiana county is obligated under state law to pay for life sustaining medical procedures when a patient is jailed, County officials hope that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will help cover the treatment costs.