Speech #1040269089

The President had his opportunity while the conference was on. and said he wanted the Gallegly amendment out. and it was dropped. Now after the vote. after we are finished. the President says take title 5 out of the bill. Title 5 prohibits illegal aliens from receiving public assistance. It is the guts of the bill. The President of the United States is saying. "I am going to shut down the Federal Government. even though you have given me all the spending. billions more than you passed in the House and Senate than I asked for. I am going to shut down the Federal Government unless I get my way. and we can start giving public assistance to illegal aliens because that is what I want to do." There is no way to describe this other than Bill Clintons war on California because California. as my colleague Mr. GALLEGLY pointed out. is home to over half of all the illegal aliens in America. Title V does not just make sure that public assistance does not go to illegal aliens. it does more. and this also the president wants dropped from the bill. It prohibits illegal aliens from receiving Social Security benefits. Now one of the things that we know illegal aliens do not do because they live somewhere else. whether it be in Europe. or Asia. or Australia. or Canada. or wherever they are coming from. we know one thing for certain: they are not paying into our Social Security system. But Mr. Clinton wants to delete the portion of this very very sound illegal immigration bill that prohibits illegal aliens from getting Social Security benefits. What else does title V do? What else does he want dropped from the bill after it was passed by a historic bipartisan margin in this House of 305 to 123? The President wants to drop the provision that says thatnow listen carefully to this because it is a shocker. that the President would be in favor of this kind of public benefit to illegal aliens. people who have broken the law here in this country. He wants to drop the part of the bill that says that when somebody comes from Thailand. when somebody comes from Russia. when somebody comes from. you name it. it is a big world. into your State. they will not get inState tuition benefits at your State college. Now if I move from California to Indiana. I am not going to get inState benefits because I am from California. but illegal aliens. unless we pass this bill. are going to get inState tuition. Title V says illegal aliens are not eligible for inState tuition at public colleges. universities. technical and vocational schools. Well. my friends. the President wants this dropped from the bill. In other words. he wants them to get it. What else does title V do? It imposes stiff penalties on people who forge immigration documents. My colleague. Mr.