[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 16268]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 AMNESTY PUTS ALIENS AHEAD OF AMERICANS

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, the President's illegal 
alien amnesty plan is unconstitutional and destroys American jobs.
  According to a recent article in The Washington Times:

       President Obama's temporary amnesty, which lasts 3 years, 
     declares up to 5 million illegal immigrants to be lawfully in 
     the country and eligible for work permits, but it still deems 
     them ineligible for public benefits such as buying insurance 
     on Obamacare's health exchanges. Under the Affordable Care 
     Act, that means businesses who hire them won't have to pay a 
     penalty for not providing them health coverage, making them 
     $3,000 more attractive than a similar native-born worker, 
     whom the business by law would have to cover.

  This gives a disadvantage to legal Americans and citizens and also 
legal immigrants who deserve a job. Sadly, we are seeing yet another 
example of how the President has pushed failed policies instead of 
working with House Republicans to help American families find jobs.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and the President should take 
actions, never forgetting September the 11th in the global war on 
terrorism.

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