Speaker. I want to share with my colleagues an advertisement in the January issue of the Orlando "TV and Visitors Guide." This is in all the motel rooms in Orlando. It claims that green cards are being issued on a first come. first served basis by making just one phone call. Anyone can get one. The truth is that it is not that easy. and private companies are charging money for a free service. Workers are exploited by these misleading and often illegitimate companies. This is just another example of the problems of the immigration system and how badly the broken system needs to be fixed. All too often. immigrants bring in their socalled extended family who become dependent upon the welfare state. I am continually asked by my constituents. why is it so easy for noncitizens to receive SSI. food stamps and Medicaid. while they are having problems obtaining their benefits? The system. Mr. Speaker. is being abused. with the burden placed on our hardworking citizens. Immigration laws must be reformed to ensure noncitizens are selfreliant. instead of dependent upon the American taxpayers.
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Immigrants bring in their so-called extended family who become dependent upon the welfare state.