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Latino Congressman Blasts Obama For Cutting Illegals Out Of Health Plan
It really is amazing the extent to which the left will play racial politics at every turn. It’s even more amazing how brazen some members of Congress are in supporting illegal aliens.
Rep. Luis Gutierrez, a Democrat from Illinois ripped into President Obama today over his decision to add citizenship provisions to his health care plan. The new enforcement measures would prevent illegal aliens from accessing whatever new health care bill eventually becomes law.
It was a lack of citizenship verification that prompted Rep. Joe Wilson to yell “You Lie” during Obama’s speech to Congress the other day. Obama said in his speech that illegals would not be covered, yet no citizenship verification was included in any of the health care bills.
Faced with the fact that Wilson was right when he said Obama was lying, the White House over the weekend added the verification provisions.
Gutierrez, The Congressional Hispanic Caucus, and others are outraged that illegals are being cut out:
The criticism was leveled in Spanish by Rep. Luis Gutierrez, a Democrat from Illinois who was the first Latino member of Congress to endorse Barack Obama for president.
Referring to the Obama administration, Gutierrez said: "Those who should be our friends, our allies, are more and more giving Rep. (Joe) Wilson, R-S.C., exactly what he wants to continue with this prejudice against our community."
Gutierrez, who made his remarks in Washington, D.C., while participating in a panel discussion on immigration reform sponsored by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, was incensed by the Obama administration’s announcement over the weekend that it was going to bar undocumented workers from participating in the health insurance exchange.
…After lamenting Wilson’s outburst on the House floor, Gutierrez ripped the president for giving into the South Carolina congressman.
"What is the administration’s answer?" asked Gutierrez. "To give him exactly what he said from this hatred. Because now, the administration has told us that if we’re going to have reform of our health care system … all those that go to the private sector in order to get their health care, that they will verify them. They will verify Social Security; they will verify their status in the United States of America."
"So, and remember, we’re not talking about government health care, we’re talking about everybody is going to be required to get health care insurance," said Gutierrez. "And so as we go to this big store, right, where everybody is required. And this exchange, the health care exchange, where if you don’t have health care you are required to go purchase it. When you go and attempt to purchase it, what does the administration say? The administration says, ‘You will have to prove that you are legally in the United States and have a Social Security number and a right to that.’"
I just don’t get why so many members of Congress are outraged that people with no right to be here aren’t being covered. Why should someone who’s in this country illegally have access to everything legal residents do?
Why is it “hate” and “prejudice” to only allow legal citizens to participate? This would not even be a debate in any other country. We have the only country on earth with borders that are meaningless to a significant portion of the governing body.
Countries have borders for a reason. Borders are meant to be enforced. I could care less how many Hispanics, Asians, Indians, etc. come to this country. All I ask is that they use the front door and enter legally. Do that, and you can have all the health care you want.
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