Last night, during President Obama's speech, one Republican Congressman tried to turn a Joint Session of Congress into an August town hall meeting by calling the President a liar.
President Obama: There are also those who claim that our reform effort will insure illegal immigrants. This, too, is false - the reforms I'm proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally.
Rep. Joe Wilson: You Lie!
The lies and misinformation have to stop.
Can you write a letter to the editor setting the record straight on immigrant access to health care? Click here to start writing your letter:
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It's important that Congress not be divided by distractions. People in the country legally, who work hard and play by the rules, deserve affordable coverage and access to public programs, as they do with children's health insurance program (SCHIP), and subsidies.
Health reform must be inclusive and must end the unfair treatment of immigrants.
And if we're going to pass comprehensive immigration reform, we need to pass health care reform first.
http://action.seiu.org/immigranlte
