The 844-page immigration reform bill the bipartisan “Gang of Eight”
dropped in the dead of night contains a lucrative handout that would
give taxpayer-funded free cell phones to some people who live or work
near the U.S. border with Mexico.
Pages 43 and 44 of the bill detail what one conservative blogger, Javier Manjarres of Shark Tank, has already described as the “ObamaPhone” from Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL). That section reads:
SEC. 1107. ACCESS TO EMERGENCY PERSONNEL.
(a) SOUTHWEST BORDER REGION EMERGENCY COM- MUNICATIONS GRANTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation with the governors of the
States in the South- west Border region, shall establish a 2-year grant
program, to be administered by the Secretary, to im- prove emergency
communications in the Southwest Border region.(2) ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANTS.—An individual is eligible to receive a grant
under this subsection if the individual demonstrates that he or she—(A) regularly resides or works in the Southwest Border region;
(B) is at greater risk of border violence due to the lack of cellular
service at his or her residence or business and his or her proximity to
the Southern border.(3) USE OF GRANTS.—Grants awarded under
this subsection may be used to purchase satellite telephone communications systems and service that—(A) can provide access to 9–1–1 service;
and(B) are equipped with global positioning systems.
(4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— There is authorized to be
appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the grant
program established under this subsection.
Manjarres first found the immigration bill’s free cell phone goodies and dubbed the handout the “MarcoPhone.”
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