Nearly two years ago, before a joint session of Congress, President Obama promised that his law would not benefit illegal aliens. He stated: “The reforms I'm proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally.”  In his now famous response, Congressman Joe Wilson stood up for every American and responded, "You Lie!"

It turns out that Congressman Wilson was right - the President did lie.  According to CNS News, grant money from ObamaCare is flowing to community health clinics and at least $8.5 million taxpayer dollars will be steered towards programs to provide health care to migrant farm workers which include a large share of illegal aliens.  A spokeswoman for HHS stated that the clinics would not check the immigration status of those seeking care which means ObamaCare will be directly providing free health care to many illegal aliens. Judy Andrews, the HHS spokesperson stated: “The Program’s authorizing statute does not affirmatively address immigration status,” and continued, “Rather, it simply states that health centers are required to provide primary health care to all residents of the health center's service area without regard for ability to pay.”

Hat tip to Karl Filippini of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) for his blog posting earlier today.

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