Obama: Immigration Reform Will Allow Illegal Immigrants to Become Legal and Get Health Care Coverage
(CNSNews.com) - President Barack Obama told the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI) on Wednesday evening that illegal immigrants would not get government funded health insurance under his health care reform, but said the debate over that plan underscores the need to legalize illegal immigrants so they can get that coverage.
“As you know there’s been a little controversy about who exactly will be covered under reform,” said Obama. “I want to be clear: If someone is here illegally, they won’t be covered under this plan. That’s a commitment I’ve made.
“But I also want to make this clear: Even though I do not believe we can extend coverage to those who are here illegally, I also don’t simply believe we can ignore the fact that our immigration system is broken,” the president said.
“That’s why I strongly support making sure folks who are here legally have access to affordable, quality health insurance under this plan, just like everybody else,” he added. “And we certainly should not let this debate on health care–one that’s so essential to Hispanic Americans and all Americans–get side tracked by those looking to exploit division and kill reform at any cost. That’s what they always try to do.
“If anything, this debate underscores the necessity of passing comprehensive immigration reform and resolving the issue of 12 million undocumented people living and working in this country once and for all,” Obama said. “That’s what I’ve said from the start. That’s what I say tonight.”
Last month in Guadalajara, Mexico, President Obama said that he was “confident” he would get Congress to enact comprehensive immigration reform that included a “pathway to citizenship” for illegal aliens.
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Nothing is a 100 percent perfect and that goes for the government application E-Verify? The answer for any irate hired worker is simple, that if the employer is not satisfied with the results of the immigration verification identity process? You take a copy of your 1-9 form to the Social security agency, to resolve the issue? YOU WILL OBVIOUSLY NOT APPEAR BEFORE AN AGENT OF THE GOVERNMENT, IF YOU HAVE NO AUTHENTIC PAPERS? This is not a complex approach to the problem, although the US Chamber of Commerce, ACLU and a multitude of detrimental businesses have tried to escalate this situation? They say categorically nothing about how to rectify the matter, owing to their main objective is to demonize the process any way they can? Even their adolescent attitude of filing some frivolous lawsuit with the courts fell through?
E-Verification–MUST–become a permanent law, not just subject to an employer’s whim? The public who savor their jobs not being appropriated by foreign workers–AS HAPPENED IN EUROPE–should demand E-Verify in every industry, every business with heavy penalties for those who rebuke the law including mandatory jail sentences. EUROPE over several decades has also been overwhelmed by legal and illegal immigrants, thats why health care across the Atlantic has become compromised? E-Verify could be easily expanded for many other uses in the US, including admittance to health care, drivers licenses, government subsidies that would include education and home mortgages? My family wants a comprehensive package of health care reform pass, then to me it’s obviously important to me as well? However, what illegal aliens remain will always get taxpayer backed free health care in the emergency rooms. My answer to this, is federal investigators should track down the illegal workers employer and demand they pay for the individuals surgery or other ailment?
But we must remain vigilant as the status quo has in their influence a group of stalwart politicians. They have secretly conspired to table E-Verify in the past and will no doubt try to eradicate it’s accessibility in the future. Hundreds of pariah businesses are devoid of a conscious towards the American working man or woman. They have corrupted the lawmakers in Washington, with special interest money and extravagant favors. They have already indoctrinated some of our previously honest leaders with favors and in return we have seen the weakening of 287 G police training apprehension of illegal immigrants. Already President Obama has listened to Sen.Harry Reid D-NV, California’s own Nancy Pelosi and Napolitano who have weakened other enforcement laws. NO! Innocent children of illegal immigrants who were transplanted by their parents here are not to blame. Our borders have remained like sieves, thanks to some of the lawmakers whom we voted for over the years. Legislators are ultimately culpable as they make the decisions, as by inheritance of each administration who resides in the White House?
Money was wasted on building the single length border fence instead of Rep.Duncan Hunters planned two-tier barrier as in San Diego? ICE raids have been reduced and even the No-match-rescinded. More money is wasted overturning enforcement laws, instead of using the full force of these procedures in combating the illegal immigrant invasion. IF YOU HAVE SOME SOLID KNOWLEDGE OF ILLEGAL WORKERS, CONTACT ICE! ADDRESS YOUR POLITICIANS AT 202-224-3121 NO MORE COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM! IT IS NOT IN THE COUNTRIES INTEREST. USE AMENDMENTS TO RESOLVE PROBLEMS WITH THE 1986 IMMIGRATION LAWS ALREADY ENACTED. Learn facts not rhetoric or lies at NUMBERSUSA & JUDICIAL WATCH & CAPSWEB.
I am a tax preparer. I have three types of clients: (1) American citizens and LPR {Legal Permanent Residents] who generally file and pay some income tax {about 5%} based mainly whether or not they have minor children and qualify for 2 or 4 credits available and receive about $5000 for 2 children. Those without children or a home mortgage pay about 20% in federal taxes on the average. The majority of those with younger than 17 year-old children pay almost no tax and even receive credits in their refunds of about $3000 for each child. (2) Illegal aliens who have an ITIN [an Individual taxpayer ID Number issued by the IRS to those who are not eligble for an SSN]. They pay no tax to the IRS and none to the state if they have relatives in Mexico or the U.S. who they claim as dependents. If they are single with no dependents they pay about 20% tax.
Group 3- Affluent Americans who are generally middle class with two working spouses pay about 20% in taxes for federal and state returns.
Regarding e-Verify I’d even go a step further. If any employer sent in form W-3 attaching a W-2 with wages of a mismatched employee I’d give him or her 90 days to resolve the mismatch. If never resolved then all the wages paid to that employee would not qualify for a “wage deduction” and the employer would only get to deduct the taxes he contributed for FICA and Medicare plus disability premioum and workmen’s comp insurance. He would have to amend his corporate tax return or his schedule C [Self-employment} tax return. He would thus, owe more income tax. The IRS shouild after 90 days notice send him a letter stating that he could appeal the case to Tax Court.

Illegal immigrants, or unregistered workers? The only difference will be that they will pay taxes, but WHARGARBL XENOPHOBIA.