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The following letter has been sent to Sens. Wyden and Merkley.

I am 89 years old, worked till I was 74 years old and then retired. During the fiscal year 2023, I paid a total of $12,231.72 for Medicare and supplemental health insurance to cover me and my wife with adequate health protection.

It is my understanding that 8 or 9 million illegal immigrant are receiving free medical insurance and other freebies such as free housing, prepaid Visa cards, cellphones, etc. As a taxpayer and constituent, this is totally stupid, unfair and unbelievable! Illegals who have broken our immigration laws get this free while I have to pay for it?

What, if anything, are you as a United States senator doing to correct this huge problem to protect us senior citizens from this political nonsense?

Gary McManus

Baker City