Chairman. I would hope that by just. the show of force. that the committeo understands the importance of this. Weve heard people say "It is the economy. stupid." In California. in my district. illegal immigration is the absolute No. 1 issue. and I would say the No. 1 issue in the State of California. border States. and for Americans. and I am sure the chairman would agree. We are becoming overrun. Second. I would like to assure the honorable gentleman from California . that this is a matter of illegal immigration. and not legal immigration. which made this country so great. And I would like to associate myself with the words of the gentleman from California . Mr. Chairman. we are asking for $60 million. Governor Wilson of California. State Senator Craven. and colleagues on both sides of the aisle. have identified that it costs the State of California alone over $2 billion a year for the illegal immigration problem. Can you imagine what it will cost in the rest of the country? If we can save dollars by adding dollars. then that is a savings. and we need to run it like this. Let me give you a couple of examples. Over 50 percent of the children born in L.A. County Hospital are to illegal aliens. They then go down and qualify for Medicaid. Who pays for that?
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Over 50% of children born in L.A. County Hospital are to illegal aliens, who then qualify for Medicaid.