HOUSE TASK FORCE TARGETS ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS

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Virtually all federal benefits would be denied to illegal aliens under a proposal issued today by a House task force set up by Speaker Newt Gingrich. These are "specific, common-sense, practical recommendations," Gingrich said of the proposals, which stopped short of denying emergency room treatment for undocumented patients and education funds for undocumented children. But the Hispanic civil rights group National Council of La Raza accused the plan's backers of engaging inan "ugly game of immigrant bashing for political gain." Other task force suggestions include a fortified border, a constitutional amendment to end automatic citizenship for U.S.-born children of illegal aliens, and a computerized system to help employers verify the immigration status of job applicants.