From Amarillo.com:

“If it is a federal issue, why hasn’t the government dealt with it?” he asked.

“Illegal aliens are costing our state millions of dollars,” he said. “At Parkland Hospital in Dallas, 70 percent of all births are to illegal aliens and we have 25,000 illegal aliens in jail that are costing the government $39 million. It’s the largest unfunded mandate in our state.”

His English-only bill would require all state government agencies to communicate and conduct work in English, he said.

His bill is similar to other measures that Arizona, California and other states have passed in recent years, he said.

Berman filed another bill that would deny citizenship to U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants, and another that would require employers to verify whether an immigrant worker is here legally.

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