[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 930]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     SOCIAL SECURITY FOR ILLEGALS?

  (Mr. POE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. POE. Mr. Speaker, in the darkness of back rooms and the whisper 
of secret phone calls, American citizens may have been betrayed. Has 
our government become the Judas?
  For the past 2 years, our Federal Government has secretly negotiated 
and cooperated with the Mexican government to provide illegals a reward 
for breaking American law. Not only will illegal entry be forgiven by 
amnesty but, get this, illegals will be able to apply for and collect 
American Social Security. The cost of such betrayal is millions of 
dollars. Hardworking citizens are going to be robbed of Social Security 
money that they are entitled to. Now many Americans and legal 
immigrants may not receive Social Security benefits because they will 
be going to illegals.
  Mr. Speaker, illegals are not citizens of this country, and they 
should not be taking the benefits entitled to law-abiding American 
citizens and legal immigrants. It is morally wrong to expect Americans 
to pay money to people that are not even supposed to be on our soil. 
Illegals should not receive Social Security benefits. The welfare of 
America is being sold for 30 pieces of silver.
  And that's just the way it is.

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