Speech #1050082733

And. de facto. their parents get that money rewarded to them for breaking the law and having a child here. We are talking about twothirds of the births in the largest populated county in the United States. Los Angeles County. and those public hospitals. are children of illegal aliens. We are talking about a cost in California alone to the State of California of over $500 million annually in providing health care services to the children of illegal aliens. Now. some people may say that 40 percent of all births paid by Medicare in California going to illegal aliens is not that big a deal because it is California. But. Madam Speaker. all of the United States pays for this and all the people of the United States bear the responsibility of sending the wrong message. and that is. we will reward people for breaking our laws and punish those who wait patiently. This loophole needs to be closed. It is not the responsibility of an illegal alien to close this loophole. It is not their fault that Washington has invited people in to get paid for breaking the law. The fact is. this loophole falls on our shoulders. It is not the mother of illegal aliens that should be blamed. It is Washington and our lack of commitment to fairness and common sense. In Texas alone. there were fraudulent birth certificates sold to foreigners just so they can gain access to these public benefits. In fact. in one county in Texas. over 3.800 phony birth certificates were sold to the mothers so their children could get this automatic citizenship. Eightynine people today are being indicted. and over $400.000 worth of welfare fraud has been identified. Now. granting automatic citizenship to the illegal aliens in this country is one of those terrible bait and switches that we say. come on in. break our laws. and we will reward you. We are talking fairness here. because there are thousands of wouldbe immigrants who are waiting patiently to immigrate into this country who do not get these benefits because their children were born while they were waiting. The other issue is. what is really the difference between an illegal immigrant who comes in with a child who is 1 year old in their arms? Do they not have as much need for service as somebody who came across and gave birth right after getting on U.S. soil? It is totally absurd. and we have got to talk about the fairness.