[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 30 (Thursday, February 15, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S1175]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2026. Ms. CORTEZ MASTO submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by her to the bill H.R. 2579, to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to allow the premium tax credit with respect to 
unsubsidized COBRA continuation coverage; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON AVAILABILITY OF PUBLIC 
                   RESOURCES TO UNITED STATES CITIZEN CHILDREN 
                   BORN TO IMMIGRANT PARENTS.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) 88 percent of children with immigrant parents were born 
     in the United States and are United States citizens.
       (2) Children with at least one immigrant parent account for 
     26 percent of all children in the United States.
       (3) 9,100,000 children with immigrant parents live in low-
     income families.
       (4) Federally funded programs, including Head Start and the 
     Children's Health Insurance Program, are critical in 
     delivering quality health care and comprehensive early 
     childhood education, health, and nutrition to children from 
     low-income families.
       (5) State and local governments have made their own 
     determinations with respect to what State and local resources 
     immigrant families can utilize.
       (6) The Trump Administration has written a draft rule 
     regarding the definition of ``public charge'' that would 
     limit the ability of United States citizen children to access 
     public resources without threatening the immigration status 
     of their family members.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) United States citizen children born to immigrant 
     parents should be entitled to the same access to public 
     resources as children born to United States citizen parents; 
     and
       (2) any attempt to limit the access of United States 
     citizens to public benefits and resources based on the 
     immigration status of their parents would be discriminatory 
     and create second-class citizens.
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