Posted on 08/04/2017 1:58:42 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
Illegal immigrant families received nearly $1.3 billion in Los Angeles County welfare money during 2015 and 2016, nearly one-quarter of the amount spent on the county’s entire needy population, according to data obtained by Fox News.
The data was obtained from the county Department of Public Social Services -- which is responsible for doling out the benefits -- and gives a snapshot of the financial costs associated with sanctuary and related policies.
The sanctuary county of Los Angeles is an illegal immigration epicenter, with the largest concentration of any county in the nation, according to a study from the Migration Policy Institute. The county also allows illegal immigrant parents with children born in the United States to seek welfare and food stamp benefits. Robert Rector, a Heritage Foundation senior fellow who has written extensive studies on poverty and illegal immigration, said the costs represent “the tip of the iceberg.”
He said the costs of education, police and fire, medical, and subsidized housing can total $24,000 per year in government spending per family, much more than would be paid in taxes.
“They get $3 in benefits for every $1 they spend,” Rector said.
The Trump presidency’s hardline immigration policies, though, may be playing some role in curtailing the population seeking welfare payments in recent months. The same stats show Los Angeles County is expected to dole out $200 million less this year than in 2016, and several thousand fewer families are collecting benefits. “The number of entrants nationwide is going down. The population is static if not shrinking,” Rector said. The welfare benefit data from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services shows:
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They get WAAAAAYY MORE than $3.00 for every $1.00!! MUST STOP!!
How liberals think they’re helping anyone by keeping them on welfare is beyond me. Welfare makes sure your life will be a disaster.
The ones in charge know the truth. But when they scream hysterically about "helping people," too many liberal rank-and-file actually believe them.
The welfare is a huge cost. I wonder what the crime costs are, on top of that?
It is all about buying votes.
The welfare provides primarily for the women and children, so the males have to find work in the black market (mainly the drug trade, as well as theft/robbery). Welfare breeds crime...
It’s not just about buying votes. It’s about making a segment of the population dependent and removing any incentive to better their lives.
The welfare class believes that the Democrats really care about them and make sure they have what they need to survive. Mean Republicans will take away their welfare and they will starve. The fact that if they worked and became self-sufficient, they would not have to depend on the Democrats to survive never enters their minds. (I know this culture; I was raised in this culture. It was incredibly difficult to rise above it.)
The best disincentive to welfare is the very real possibility you’ll be burying your children because of the violent environment. Liberals love welfare because it gives them a growing stream of “clients” (read: human livestock) to administer - at very lucrative salaries in secure jobs.
Indeed...
Been a police officer for 296 years and counting... I can tell you a cost that goes unnoticed... that would be the insurance payouts that are made because of people driving without being licensed... hit and run etc... it is commonplace to work crashes where one person doesn’t speak English. Has no license or insurance, the car is improperly registered... and/or the person flees the scene... for one or all the above reason... hence the victims inurance has to pay the claim under “uninsured motorists,”. And those victims that are able to only carry liability? Thy are screwed...
Catholic Charities have also been bribed.
“How liberals think they’re helping anyone by keeping them on welfare is beyond me.”
Many on the left actually believe that 1% of the population is hoarding all the ‘wealth’. They actually think that this is why people live in poverty, and need welfare.
Once again making the law abiding taxpaying citizen the criminal
Howe about admitting that having a fractured family due to unzipping your pants leads to a welfare bills charge.
THE US GOVT CASH HAUL IS HUGE cashing multiple US govt checks under several identities in all off these categories:
UI, SSI, Workmen's Comp,
TANF (temporary assistance to needy families),
WICS (food assistance),
subsidized Section 8 shelter,
ObamaPhone subsidies,
Utility Assistance subsidies,
School breakfasts/lunches/snacks subsidies,
$5000 a year EITC checks per identity.
Not to mention falsifying EBT apps claiming "need"---buying non-food items w/ tax dollars.
Falsifying sub-prime mtg apps---flipping the houses among themselves for a big profit---then skipping town---leaving the banks holding the bag.
And on and on and on...ad infinitum, ad nauseaum.
May I?
It is all about buying votes
There’s also the government policy of turning over undocumented children to relatives in the US......many of the relatives are undocumented and won’t cooperate with registering the kids.
“It is completely illogical and it is why folks get so frustrated with government.”
CRIME DOES PAY (when democrats are in charge)
Legal immigrants are restricted by law from receiving welfare for five years but leftist idiots like these are handing out welfare, medical care and other freebies to illegals with no such restriction!
Horse hockey. Immigrants are a net benefit, the strength and backbone of our country. /S
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