Session #110 · 2007–09

Speech #1100053004

It will allow them to take that home when they leave the system. We thinkI think that is a fair approach for both the person working and also the Social Security system itself. that they would get back what they put in. but they would not be eligible for our Social Security system. which would be much more costly down the road. In addition. the Medicare deduction which is taken from the employee would also go into a fund which is already a fund in place that now allows compensation for uncompensated health care to a county hospital or to a health care provider that delivers a baby of an illegal immigrant who cannot pay or does any emergency service for an illegal immigrant today. We know many hospitalsIT know that in my home State of Texas. my hospitals in my major cities always talk about how much they are having to raise taxes on the taxpayers who live in their districts because there is so much use of the health care facilities by illegal immigrants who cannot pay. So the Medicare deduction would go into a fund that would compensate health care providers for service to foreign workers who would not be able to pay. Those are the two amendments which I think would assure that the taxpayers of our country and the contributors to the Social Security system who have earned the right to have that safety net would not be unfairly taxed for people who have not been legally in the system or people who do not have the quarters that would be requisite.
Keywords matched
illegal immigrants illegal immigrant

Classification

Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
KAY HUTCHISON
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
TX
Gender
F
Date
2007-06-05
Speech ID
1100053004
Paragraph
#2
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