Speech #1030136350

It is the Medicaid of California. It says. "MediCal has good news for pregnant women." This is printed in both Spanish and English. and passed out down along the MexicanAmerican border in this form. I want to read to my colleagues what it says: "Even if you applied for amnesty or are in this country illegally. you can now receive a special kind of MediCal or Medicaid for your health care purposes." It says. "If I am here illegally. will it be reported to Immigration?" And the answer is. "No. Under the new law. MediCal cannot report you to Immigration for applying for or receiving MediCal while you are pregnant." Federal taxpayers dollars are being encouraged to be used for the delivery of children by pregnant women in California. Now. we brought this issue to the floor of the House before. and no action was taken. This body took no action on dealing with the advertising. the advertising of bringing MexicanAmericans across the border to have their babies. and it even goes so far as to say. "We will not report you to Immigration if you applied for these benefits." Now. today we have got this education bill that deals with reporting whether or not a child is here illegally or legally. Every single time we try to close the loophole that allows illegal aliens into this country. we receive the same argument from the liberals in this body. "Oh. my gosh. that is not humanitarian. it is Nazistic." it is whatever. My question is: "Who speaks for the American taxpayer? Who speaks for the people who are paying these bills?" As the gentleman from Pennsylvania said a few moments ago. who speaks for the middle class in this country. the American taxpayer who is paying for all of this? Every single time a measure is brought to this body to deal with the illegal immigration problem. some spurious argument is raised. and it is dealt with in the wrong way. We kill it. no positive things are being done to deal with the illegal immigration problem. and as a result. from Mexico alone. we are getting 1.3 million illegal aliens staying in this country every single year. That does not include those coming from Canada or the east coast or the west coast or through Miami and the Caribbean. Mr.