Mr. Speaker. it not only defies common sense. this is a cash reward for beating the system. Yesterday I introduced legislation to close this loophole by amending the Uniform Relocation Act so that it abides by and enforces the immigration law as we have passed. I urge my colleagues to support it. Mr. Speaker. I rise today to discuss an issue which has raised both the anger of my constituents and now the eyebrows of many of my colleagues who thought that we had finally put an end to handing out benefits to illegal aliens with last years Immigration and welfare reform bills. I am talking about an illegal Immigrant who hit the jackpot at the U.S. Treasury. The San Diego Union Tribune reported on February 12. 1997. that an undocumented woman residing in my hometown of Oceanside. CA. received $12.000 in taxpayer funds to move out of her apartment complex to make way for a HUD project. Department of Housing and Urban Development project The crazy thing is. HUD knew she was undocumented. not to mention unemployed. and that Is why she received so much. Other residents of the complex were moved to section 8 public housing without compensation. Because illegal Immigrants are prohibited from living in section 8 housing. HUD went ahead and gave her $12.000 in relocation assistance. How could this happen? Apparently. HUD claimed It was just following the Uniform Relocation Act. which mandates that residents displaced by a Federal project who do not receive alternate housing. such as section 8. must be financially compensated--without regard to immigration status. Legal residents in my district displaced by this same project will receive a subsidy of about $400 for their section 8 housing. But an illegal alien gets $12.000? Mr. Speaker. that is not only crazy.
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