Obamacare offers firms $3,000 incentive to hire illegals over native-born workers

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Washington Times:

Under the president’s new amnesty, businesses will have a $3,000-per-employee incentive to hire illegal immigrants over native-born workers because of a quirk of Obamacare.

President Obama’s temporary amnesty, which lasts three years, declares up to 5 million illegal immigrants to be lawfully in the country and eligible for work permits, but it still deems them ineligible for public benefits such as buying insurance on Obamacare’s health exchanges.

Under the Affordable Care Act, that means businesses who hire them won’t have to pay a penalty for not providing them health coverage — making them $3,000 more attractive than a similar native-born worker, whom the business by law would have to cover.

The loophole was confirmed by congressional aides and drew condemnation from those who said it put illegal immigrants ahead of Americans in the job market.

“If it is true that the president’s actions give employers a $3,000 incentive to hire those who came here illegally, he has added insult to injury,” said Rep. Lamar Smith, Texas Republican. “The president’s actions would have just moved those who came here illegally to the front of the line, ahead of unemployed and underemployed Americans.”

A Department of Homeland Security official confirmed that the newly legalized immigrants won’t have access to Obamacare, which opens up the loophole for employers looking to avoid the penalty.

The Health and Human Services Department, which oversees Obamacare, referred questions to the White House, which didn’t reply to a request for comment.

But Mr. Obama, traveling in Chicago Tuesday to defend his immigration plans, said his moves would boost the economy and vowed they wouldn’t hurt American workers’ wages.

“Immigrants are good for the economy. We keep on hearing that they’re bad, but a report by my Council of Economic Advisers put out last week shows how the actions we’re taking will grow our economy for everybody,” he said.

This isn’t the first time the Obamacare loophole has popped up on immigration. The overhaul bill that passed the Senate on a bipartisan vote last year created the same situation, granting illegal immigrants a long probationary period where they could legally work but weren’t eligible for public benefits such as Obamacare.

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I still don’t think this will be enough for employers to encourage their under-the-table workers to come out in the sunlight.
Employers have been saving far more than $3,000/year by employing illegals.
Now there is going to be two tiers of these employees.
Those who come out and get raises.
Those who stay in the shadows and are paid much less.
But their willingness to take jobs puts all of them on the way to prosperity.
Something our permanent underclass of chronic unemployables will never experience.

This is old news. I havebeen shouting it from the roof top for months and getting disparaged for saying it. Wake up people. The only agenda of obama is to destroy this country. barry is a traitor to our country. I pray every day someone will do something before we are at a point of no return.

Illegals DON’T WANT Obamacare! Why should they when they ALREADY RECEIVE FREE HEALTHCARE at every ER, hospital, and so-called ‘free clinic?!’ The U.S. govt discriminates against its citizens – and particularly the disabled – because the govt reimburses hospitals for every illegal they treat. Guess who that leaves out! Illegals don’t get equal treatment but preferential treatment and they want American citizens to be their financial slaves and pay their bills on top of our own. This definitely affects not only quality of care, meds received (or not), and length of stay, but also any follow-up care such as going to a convalescent center until well enough (or NOT if you’re not an illegal) and/or physical therapy (or NOT). I have a disabled friend and have witnessed outrageous discrimination over and over the last 26 years. Nurses and doctors have sympathized with my friend, who lives in pain 24/7, but can do nothing. One doctor actually said while patting his shoulder, “It’s because you’re the wrong color. That’s why you can’t get the care you need. I’m sorry.” ABLE-BODIED people are sponging off the taxpayers and stealing from the disabled! It’s time for the U.S. govt to stop discriminating against the disabled and its own citizens.

And don’t talk about the ‘free clinics.’ They also get federal funds for each illegal they treat and even have large 3’x4′ signs in their lobbies stating such. They will turn a Caucasian away, even if disabled, because they know they can’t pay and they won’t get federal funds or reimbursed by the govt. I know firsthand since I drove my disabled friend to 3 clinics and all 3 turned him away – while the waiting rooms were full of ABLE-BODIED Hispanics.

It is the illegals who are attacking and invading in CA and other states. This is a planned invasion called “reconquista” or “reconquer.” It is the illegals who are STEALING social services, ER and hospital services from our own disabled though the illegals are perfectly capable of working and PAYING THEIR OWN BILLS. Why should they get preferential treatment over other people? To those who whine and accuse the taxpayer of not being “loving” to the illegals, let the illegals show courtesy, love, and respect to OUR laws, OUR country and OUR citizens!

RECONQUISTA” is their REAL objective; always has been! Nita Gonzales, a panelist at a national summit on amnesty, declares that America is the homeland (of Hispanic illegal aliens) and, for that reason, immigration laws are not valid unless THEY decide them!
//westernjournalism.com/amnesty-summit-illegals-not-subject-to-us-law/

Jose Pescador Osuna, Mexican Consul General, OPENLY ADMITS INVASION, “We are practicing ‘La Reconquista’ in California.” One does not pacify or bargain with INVADERS. Appeasement never works. It didn’t work with Hitler and it never works with any bully. The only thing a bully respects is STRENGTH. We MUST enforce and STRENGTHEN the law: no amnesty, no social services, and start deportations! We will NEVER knuckle under to their outrageous demands. If they don’t like it, too bad. This is OUR country!

Call John Boehner (Speaker of the House) and tell him NO AMNESTY. That’s all you have to say. The more people that call the better. Toll Free Number to the Capitol: 877 210-5351.
Tell your Senators and Representatives you oppose these efforts to grant amnesty to illegal aliens: Don’t just post here. PLEASE go to this site where ALL the Senators and their addresses are and email them! Tell THEM that you will vote against every single one of them that support this. Tell THEM that they are traitors to our people and our country! http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

The ones who don’t arrive legally don’t care because they have no intention of working. Why should they strive to become citizens or pay taxes when they get free housing, free food, free medical, even college education preference over our own kids and disabled! These are NOT people of good character – they only want to live and ride on the backs of those who have worked hard and sacrificed, such as our taxpayers and military – some of whom have died – without having to EARN the right to do so! Let the illegals return to their third world toilet and work, fight, and sacrifice THEIR lives to improve THEIR country – and stop SPONGING off our citizens, including our own disabled! This country does NOT need millions of people that abandon their own country rather than fix it, to take cuts in line ahead of American citizens, and to tell us how to fix this country while they watch what they have turned their own country into – a third world shithole!!

Bank of America and Citicorp give home loans to illegals without requiring the same documentation from them that they do from you or I (L.A. Times, Aug 2005). On top of that they receive free food, free medical at every ER and hospital, preference in education, and $750/month play money for doing nothing at all. Why WOULD they want to become citizens and have to pay taxes when they get it all for free now?! (courtesy of the backbreaking work of the American taxpayer)