Robert Ehrlich: “This free ride on the American taxpayer has to end. That is the bottom line to illegal drugs. That is the bottom line to…”

“This free ride on the American taxpayer has to end. That is the bottom line to illegal drugs. That is the bottom line to illegal immigration. That is the bottom line to reforming our legal immigration system. That is the bottom line to welfare reform as we have discussed. It is the bottom line to almost every issue in this town because, as the gentleman just said, working Americans are just tired of it. They are tired of the free ride. We have a very hospitable people in this country. We are a Nation of immigrants, as the gentleman has said. We are sensitive to the concerns and the plights of people. But at some point this Congress has to say: You know what, folks? You know what, world? There is a limit to what we can do, and we expect you to abide by our laws.”