Thread: Break Our Laws; Get all of the Perks of Citizens

Below is a transcript from a segment of Lou Dobbs, July 26th, about all of the benefits afforded these illegals who come to our country.

While the White House didn't bother to show up for that hearing today, its immigration policy is decidedly clear. That policy is straightforward: break U.S. immigration laws and the benefits of American citizenship are all yours.

Christine Romans has the report.

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CHRISTINE ROMANS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): A baby born to illegal aliens is an instant American citizen. There is free healthcare financed by taxpayers. It's required by federal law, and the government doesn't even allow hospitals to ask legal status.

The foreign-born children of illegal aliens receive a public school education. And in some states, in-state college tuition. All of these hallmarks of the American dream are a powerful draw.

REP. SHEILA JACKSON LEE (D), TEXAS: There is no doubt that the immigration system of America needs drastic reformation. In fact, it's Humpty Dumpty. It's fallen apart and the pieces need to be put back together again.

ROMANS: Cross the border, the reward is a job, and little to fear from the Department of Labor or immigration authorities. A vast ring of fake document dealers speeds this network: a fake or stolen Social Security card and a job in almost any American industry.

Occasionally, immigration authorities raid a high security location, like Seymour-Johnson Air Force Base this month. But for the most part, once here, illegal aliens can easily get a job, a bank account, even a home.

The IRS collects taxes from some illegal aliens, and mortgage lenders use that tax I.D. number to sell them mortgages, critics say, at low rates that are not even available to American citizens.

And with the blessing of federal banking regulators, banks like Wells Fargo open hundreds of bank accounts every day for people illegally in this country. A dozen other banks aggressively pushing into this market.

Even the man whose job it is to secure our borders has admitted it.

ROBERT BONNER, U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION: We're talking about numbers that are overwhelming.

ROMANS: This swelling population of illegal aliens is so accepted, they can even buy funeral insurance. So after they die here, they can be returned to their homelands.

(END VIDEOTAPE) ROMANS: From cradle to grave, the system as it is rewards illegal immigration and penalizes the people who wait in line and want to respect our laws. Constituents are starting to get through to Congress on this, but for now American immigration policy seems to favor the companies who exploit the labor at the expense of the citizens who pick up the tab -- Lou.

DOBBS: It is truly extraordinary. And the special interest groups in this country, corporate America, U.S. multinationals, those exploiting the commercial banks, mortgage lenders, all doing so in violation of the law. Attracting that illegal labor force to this country, taxpayers paying for it, and then enjoying the benefits for the corporation or the employer. Or the banker.

Lou has hit the nail on the head with this one! It's the corporations who are driving the White House immigration policy. And, a note to Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee--If you remember Humpty Dumpty--the pieces COULD NOT BE PUT TOGETHER again. Not by all the King's horses, all the King's men and, for damn sure--NOT BY OUR GOVERNMENT. We need to start from Square ONE and send all of the pieces of the broken Humpty Dumpty back to Mexico and start all over again.