Obama: Legalize illegals to get them health care

[Midnight Mike]

President Obama said this week that his health care plan won't cover illegal immigrants, but argued that's all the more reason to legalize them and ensure they eventually do get coverage.

He also staked out a position that anyone in the country legally should be covered - a major break with the 1996 welfare reform bill, which limited most federal public assistance programs only to citizens and longtime immigrants.

"Even though I do not believe we can extend coverage to those who are here illegally, I also don't simply believe we can simply ignore the fact that our immigration system is broken," Mr. Obama said Wednesday evening in a speech to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute. "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.

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[mirrodie]

If legalizing them makes them taxpayers, then go for it.

[diegodangers]

If legalizing them makes them taxpayers, then go for it.
possibly the best comment ever made on legalizing immigrants I have ever read on a public forum.

Thanks mirrodie.

[Tom_Turner]

Someone is going to have to pay into the Social Security ponzi scheme after all... presuming they're not "simply" (to use Obama's word), collecting from day one.

So, yes, legalize many of the illegals.. the resources do not exist to expel such large numbers of people through the court system anyway.

Perhaps time to look at the "caps" to legal immigration that currently obtain?

Tom

[mirrodie]

Tom, great reference. SS Ponzi scheme. If you do it, its illegal. If the gov does it, its Social Security. :borat: