FAIR Joins Members of Congress in Press Conference Supporting Amendments to House Health Care Reform Bill that Would Prevent Access by Illegal Aliens

FAIR Joins Members of Congress in Press Conference Supporting Amendments to
House Health Care Reform Bill that Would Prevent Access by Illegal Aliens

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Friday, November 6, Dan
Stein, the President of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR)
will join Representatives Joe Wilson, Nathan Deal, Dean Heller, Sam Johnson,
and Marsha Blackburn to discuss the weak verification measures in the House
health care reform bill.

According to analysis from the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
the number of illegal immigrants who would eligible to receive government
subsidized health benefits under H.R. 3962, the America's Affordable Health
Care Act of 2009, has increased by 2.5 million from their original bill, H.R.
3200. Like the earlier version of the legislation, H.R. 3962 contains gaping
loopholes in eligibility verification procedures that would allow illegal
aliens to gain access to publicly financed health care benefits.

FAIR president Dan Stein will discuss the loopholes in the legislation and
FAIR's support for amendments being offered by Representatives Wilson, Deal,
Heller, Blackburn and Johnson that would prevent American taxpayers from being
forced to finance benefits for illegal immigrants. According to polling, 80
percent of Americans oppose the inclusion of illegal aliens under health care
reform.

Who: Reps. FAIR President Dain Stein, Representatives Joe Wilson (R-S.C.),
Nathan Deal (R-Ga.), Dean Heller (R-Nev.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and Sam
Johnson (R-Tex.).

What: Press conference to announce amendments to Pelosi's health care takeover
bill to strengthen enforcement mechanisms.

When & Where: 12:00 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6 at House Triangle (located in the
grassy triangle on the House side of the Capitol's East Front)

SOURCE FAIR

Dustin Carnevale of FAIR, +1-202-328-7004