KOWALL FIGHTS MEASURE TO GIVE ILLEGAL ALIENS STATE BENEFITS

States News Service
March 15, 2010
LANSING, MI

The following information was released by the Michigan House of Representatives, the Republicans:

A Democrat lawmaker has proposed providing illegal aliens with Michigan workers' compensation benefits, a move state Rep. Eileen Kowall today announced she adamantly opposes.

"Michigan's job providers are struggling to keep Michigan families employed, why would anyone want to burden them further?" said Kowall, R-White Lake.

"With a 14 percent-plus unemployment rate, the main priority of this Legislature has to be job creation for legal Michigan families, not loopholes for illegal citizens."

Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Detroit, has submitted legislation to guarantee illegal aliens Michigan workers' comp benefits.

House Bill 5952 states that "Aliens working without employment authorization or an Alien's use of false documents to obtain employment or to seek work" would not prevent them from being eligible for Michigan workers' compensation.

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