Cover Up Coming?
Will Obama Bailout Illegal Alien States?

Lou Dobbs Tonight -- CNN -- December 22 Lisa Sylvester, CNN: ...States across the country are struggling to cover budget shortfalls while paying to effectively bail out millions of illegal aliens. One state on the front lines of our illegal immigration crisis just released a report showing the high cost of illegal immigration. Bill Tucker reports. Tucker (CNN): Illegal immigration has a nearly $700 million price tag in Texas. That's according to the state's Health and Human Services Commission. In fiscal year 2007, an estimated $80 million was spent on emergency Medicaid payments to illegal aliens, 1.2 million on sheltering illegal aliens in the Texas Family Violence Programs. The agency reports that hospitals in the state provided nearly $600 million in uncompensated medical care in fiscal year 2006 and they were not all border hospitals. Rep. Culberson, TX: Male: No state can continue to afford a burden like this. The cost to our health care system is out of control. The cost to our prisons, our public schools, is a burden that we can no longer continue to bear. Tucker: ...FAIR has done cost studies in 11 states and the author of the reports says there is one theme throughout all of the states. FAIR Rep. Jack Martin: There is a consistent pattern that the fiscal costs of illegal immigration vastly outweigh any taxes that are collected from those -- from those workers. Tucker: It's a fiscal fact that becomes harder and harder for states to ignore as they struggle with growing budget gaps. Gaps that force deep budget cuts. Frequently in areas like education and health care.  Watch   Transcript