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CNN's Christine Romans Reports
From cradle to grave, illegal aliens get a slew of perks in the U.S.
July 26, 2005, 09:52 PM

Illegal aliens cross the border for the America Dream and it is theirs for the taking -- for free.

For all practical purposes, the policy of the United States government is: break American immigration laws, and the benefits of American citizenship are all yours.

A baby born to illegal aliens is an instant American citizen.

There is free health care 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.

There is no doubt the immigration system of America needs drastic reformation. In fact, its Humpty Dumpty; It's fallen apart and pieces need to be put back together again.

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 feeds this network. With a fake or stolen Social Security card illegal aliens can have 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 illegal aliens and mortgage lenders use that tax ID number to sell them mortgages, and critics say at low rates that are not even available to American citizens.

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

Even the man whose job it is to secure our borders has admitted that we are talking about numbers that are overwhelming.

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