Therefore. it is vital that they have access to health services and that we learn what their medical needs are and how their health problems affect our citizens. At the same time that we make certain that newly legalized aliens receive necessary health care. we must make sure that the provision of these services does not place an undue burden on our States. A recent California Court of Appeal decision ruled that undocumented aliens who are not in a formal deportation proceeding are entitled to receive MediCal benefits. The California Department of Health Services estimates that this decision would cost them an additional $98 million a year. If these people are legalized. and if more come forward than the number California has estimated to be residing there illegally now. can you imagine what the cost of providing these services would be for California and all of our States? The amnesty contained in this bill creates an additional pull factor that will only encourage an explosion of additional illegal immigration to the United States. Anyone who is at all familiar with immigration. both legal and illegal. will tell you that for a modest amount of a few hundred dollars. an immigrant can obtain forged documents showing he came over on the Mayflower. and can certainly meet the January 1. 1982. qualifying date or any other. There is a large number of counterfeiters who are already prepared. to provide all the documents an illegal immigrant needs to establish his eligibility for legalization. such as: Rent receipts. drivers license. birth certificate. and Social Security card. And the counterfeiters will get that fee. They are getting it now. The old adage that "you cant put a price on freedom" may be true. but not at our borders. We ourselves. by passage of amnestyalong with open borders. totally out of controlwill create a tidal wave of new illegal immigrants that will make our current immigration problems seem modest by comparison. This new inundation of illegal immigrants that will be triggered by amnesty plus open borders. plus ready availability of forged documents will have an exponential impact on the cost of immigration to our States and localities. They will be faced with a new burden of exorbitant costs and equally great demands for additional health care services. We have an obligation to see that the financial needs of our States and localities. as well as the public health. are addressed in this legislation.
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Immigrants can easily obtain forged documents for a small fee.