This is a very good question. I think it is very appropriate to be addressed by the Senators question and hopefully my response. When we talk about penal institutions and things of that nature we are not talking about benefits that go directly to illegal aliens. What we are talking about in that context are funds that go from the Federal Government in some cases to aid in the building of a penitentiary. Certainly under that scenario. I am not suggesting. nor do I think the intent of this legislation is. to try and bar any illegal alien from being placed in a penal institution of some type where Federal funds are involved. To an extent. that comes back to some of the concerns that I had when at the suggestion of the managers of the bill we included elementary and secondary education because. likewise along the same rationale as I just attempted to use. the money in the school lunch program. per se. does not go to individuals. What I am trying to do. I say once again to my colleague and friend from Illinois. is to lay It on the line. to make a tough stand both for fiscal responsibility and a tough stand to try and eliminate some of the magnets that I think still exist in our system that rightly or wrongly are viewed as people who are illegal aliens or might become illegal aliens to get into the United States so they could receive those benefits.
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