Speech #980131574

So that could be an American citizen who was living overseas with his family and came back in. and they would get a per capita grant in that particular district. The object of this is to help those who are here illegally. there is no doubt about that. But as the previous speaker said. why should we worry about an immigration bill? The Speaker of the House has announced that there is no present constituency for an immigration bill because there is no national problem about immigration in this country. We hear that on one day. and the very next day we have the majority leader of the House bringing forward to us a proposal for $145 million to be billed to the American taxpayer to take care of a problem that the Speaker has assured us does not exist. In point of fact. the gentleman who spoke before me is absolutely correct in one major respect. Most people who are here illegally are working. They are part of the economy of the States in which their children now attend school. Someone from Texas told me that that is not the problem. rather that "the problem is that we dont have an income tax in our State." Therefore. the taxes from working illegal aliens would not go to the support of their childrens education. It is a perfect right of any State to have an income tax or not to have an income tax. but then to come to the floor of the House and say that the taxpayers of the entire country should bail out that particular part of the country because they have decided not to do it is. I think. unacceptable.