What came out of the Committee on Rules is so broad in what can be a disability or a impairment that I believe we will find the very same things happen there that we have already found under "disability" in other parts of the welfare code of this country today. I do not want to see that happen with national TV exposes down the line for abuses under this definition. I would hope that the members of this committee will vote this amendment down. that in conference we might have the opportunity to construct more constrictive language. but I would further say relative to this and any other amendments of this type. that the law of this land. the immigration law of this land. since the late 1800s. provides that anyone coming into this country as a legal alien understands that they cannot become a public ward. They cannot throw themselves into the hands of the taxpayers of this country. and if they do. if they go on welfare. they legally. today. can be deported. In addition. where they come in under the sponsorship of other relatives. those relatives take on the responsibility of maintaining and supporting their immigrating relatives into this country so that they will not become a burden on the taxpayers of this country. Mr. Chairman. my ancestors and most of our ancestors came to this country not with their hands out for welfare checks. even if they were willing to work. they came here for the opportunity for freedom and the opportunity to work and to achieve the successes that this country offers more than any other country in the world.
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Immigrants are coming to this country with their hands out for welfare checks.