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Brian Bilbray: It is well over a million in Tijuana. They have never broken one law. They have not snuck across and broken our national…

On the recordSeptember 27, 1996
It is well over a million in Tijuana. They have never broken one law. They have not snuck across and broken our national sovereignty. There are a lot of children that would love to have a free education, a lot of people who would love to have free health care. They do not get it. But if they break the law, jump the fence, run down our freeways, swim across our rivers, then Washington says you have got to give them all these free services that the law-abiding citizens that are staying in Tijuana, in their own country, do not receive. Now, I went to a high school, it was interesting, and I always have to chuckle about this, I went to a high school where a lot of kids were from Mexico. They gave American addresses and we went back and forth. And the fact is those of us that were here in the States legally had to prove that we could not provide the resources to be able to pay for our health care. But if they perceive that you are here illegally, they automatically assume, do not worry, we will pay for it. That is wrong.
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Brian Bilbray
California

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Discussing immigration and public assistance during a floor speech.

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