Speech #1040211339

This budget assumes funding from reforms to child enforcement programs. to make deadbeat dads support their children instead of making the Government. the taxpayer. hardworking families trying to make a living. instead of asking them to do the supporting with tax dollars. This assumes we will change the law. truly make deadbeat dads pay their legally responsible child care and support. This resolution assumes savings from restricting immigrants the access to Government assistance programs to ensure that sponsors live up to their promise not to allow immigrants to become a public charge. Actually. very few Americans. and until lately. very few Senators. knew that under our generous policy of family unification. for the last 15 years or so. American citizens have been busy bringing their relatives. most of them elderly mothers. fathers and grandparents. to our country. under our policy of unification. sign a certificate of support. for we do not invite the unification co that the taxpayers can pay for the support of these people that are brought to America to join in our society and be part of their family. It is incredible how that approach has degenerated into a program where billions of American tax dollars are going to legal immigrants who are brought here purposefully to avoid the certificate of support and become wards of the Government. It is American history from our inception. We have held a policy that we are not bringing aliens to America to become wards of the public. That has fallen apart. We put it back together In our assumptions here. Many of the assumptions were realized in the votes on the immigration bill. Mr. President. as we voted numerous times last week and the week before.