Speech #1090137521

This is one of his quotes: In the long run. this bill. if enacted. would prove the largest expansion of Government welfare in 35 years. The largest expansion of Government welfare in 35 years. He estimates that the bills provisions that put illegal aliens on a direct path to citizenship will result in $16 billion per year of net additional costs to the Federal Government for benefits given to the amnestied individuals alone. This is just the group that is in the first amnesty. This will be in the amnesty of those who are already here. That will cost $16 billion per year. He also points out that the fiscal impact of the cost to the Treasury caused by the Senate bill will extend far beyond the benefits given to the individual aliens. those who are here seeking amnesty. Once those aliens receive legal permanent statusthat is the green card. and that is what they will receive under the bill before usthey have an automatic guaranteed right to bring their spouses and minor children into the United States even if this had not been one of their strong desires to begin with. Now they have an automatic right to do this. So that will greatly expand the total number of people ultimately granted citizenship under this bills provisions.