Posted on 01/16/2026 7:00:30 AM PST by RandFan
@SenRandPaul
I just introduced the End Welfare for Non-Citizens Act to ensure taxpayer-funded benefits are reserved for Americans. This bill ends federal funding for programs like TANF, Medicaid, and SNAP for illegal immigrants, refugees, asylees, and new entrants.
A recent massive fraud scheme—estimated by federal prosecutors to reach $9 billion, shows exactly why we must do more to protect American taxpayers from theft and abuse. Safeguarding public funds is more urgent than ever.
The fraud involved dozens of individuals—many from Minnesota’s Somali community, who set up businesses and non-profits claiming to provide housing, food, or healthcare assistance, then billed federally funded state programs for services that were never delivered.
Nearly $700 million in cash was also flown out of Minneapolis airport by Somali couriers in 2024 and 2025 alone; averaging almost $1 million a day. This demands further investigation for ties to the rampant fraud.
I’ve been clear on this from day one, and the record backs it up. I’ve consistently pushed for accountability and real results, and we have the receipts to prove it.
Congress must protect hardworking Americans from fraud. Taxpayer dollars shouldn’t be stolen or sent to noncitizens, especially while our nation is deep in debt. It’s time to put Americans first and crack down on waste and abuse.
(Excerpt) Read more at paul.senate.gov ...
How about simply no welfare for anyone, period.
If you can’t support yourself when you get here then don’t come here! We don’t need more vagrants.
Legal or not, if they are receiving welfare they are a public charge. As such they they can be removed under existing immigration law.
Legal or not, if they are receiving welfare they are a public charge. As such they they can be removed under existing immigration law.
Even a Libertarian loon can be right every now and then.
How about stopping ALL forms of immigration for 100 years?
Be easier to halt all immigration for a long long time.
Maybe they get hit by a meteor or gored by a unicorn ?
I’d be happy with 50.
Legally.....
NOTHING for illegals.
Almost like my grandparents coming in through Ellis Island.
No kidding. I know in some countries they won’t see you before paying. We should do the same.
“Almost like my grandparents coming in through Ellis Island.”
Or my husband in 1956.
Just saw this short video about
the oath new citizens take in America versus Canada.
https://m.facebook.com/reel/1285422180281806/?referral_source=reshare_feed_unit
I really don’t care. You take care of her and her kids. I don’t want to take care of anybody’s kids. They had them, not me. I’m sick of my money being taken from me by the government to give to someone else.
“... if you want to move to the USA you must:
1) apply at the USA embassy in your country
2) speak passable English
3) be disease free
4) have a marketable vocation
5) have a USA citizen sponsor”
I left off one very important item:
6) must NOT be muslim. Validation will be at least:
6a) pork sandwich must be consumed at the embassy
6b) pork sandwich must be consumed at the USA port of entry.
If you have to go to such lengths with hypothetical scenarios to try to justify your position, you’re already on the losing end of the argument.
That’s desperation to justify yourself.
To my surprise 1/2 green cards are from marriage.
Half of those end in divorce? Pretty common.
Yep.
It’s your speculation that the husband MIGHT become an alcoholic and then the woman MIGHT end up divorced and MIGHT need public assistance that’s the hypotheticals.
You’re using the exact same argument that leftists use to justify things like giving newborns vaccines. *Well some day in the future they MIGHT do drugs or become sexually active or the MIGHT be molested by a hep carrier or them MIGHT (fill in the blank) so we have to mandate vaccines for ALL newborns*.
Way to justify overreaching government tyranny something you’re pretty adept at.
The AI quoted the numbers. It need not be alcohol. It could be anything generating divorce that awards custody to the lady, as most divorces do.
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