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Old 08-14-2007, 09:46 AM
 
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FAIR: : Immigration and Welfare


Why Are Immigrants On Welfare?
Some people mistakenly think that immigrants are not eligible for welfare. Several years ago, Congress did attempt to render immigrants ineligible for most forms of welfare. However, subsequent backpedaling by Congress and the executive branch has undone most of those reforms. Furthermore, many immigrant families get welfare through the eligibility of their U.S. citizen children. (It is also important to realize that even when immigrants are ineligible for federal welfare programs, the burden of their support is simply shifted over to the state and local welfare agencies.)

Refugees, asylees, and all amnestied illegal aliens are exempt from the public charge requirement.3 Congress has decided that the American people will serve as the sponsors for these immigrants and pick up the tab for their support.
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Old 08-14-2007, 12:20 PM
 
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They are all able to receive the freebies because this country does not have the guts to tell them no. In fact, when one legally immigrates to this country they are supposed to have a sponsor, thus showing that our own Congress and immigration people do not follow the laws of the land. They would rather give welfare and freebies to immigrants and illegals than to take care of American citizens.
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