Dan Burton: “Mr. Chairman, I hold in my hand a piece of information that is given out by the Medi-Cal organization. It is the…”

“Mr. Chairman, I hold in my hand a piece of information that is given out by the Medi-Cal organization. It is the Medicaid of California. It says, ``Medi-Cal has good news for pregnant women.'' This is printed in both Spanish and English, and passed out down along the Mexican-American border in this form. I want to read to my colleagues what it says: ``Even if you applied for amnesty or are in this country illegally, you can now receive a special kind of Medi-Cal or Medicaid for your health care purposes.'' It says, ``If I am here illegally, will it be reported to Immigration?'' And the answer is, ``No. Under the new law, Medi-Cal cannot report you to Immigration for applying for or receiving Medi-Cal while you are pregnant.'' Federal taxpayers' dollars are being encouraged to be used for the delivery of children by pregnant women in California. Now, we brought this issue to the floor of the House before, and no action was taken. This body took no action on dealing with the advertising, the advertising of bringing Mexican-Americans across the border to have their babies, and it even goes so far as to say, ``We will not report you to Immigration if you applied for these benefits.''”