Posted on 09/15/2026 6:33:46 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Since the 1880s, the United States has had a policy requiring people entering the country with the intent to become permanent residents to support themselves. There have been times when the requirements or implementation of that policy have been more lenient than others, but at no point since the 1880s, nor after the welfare state dramatically expanded did Congress intend for people to be allowed to immigrate in order to avail themselves of the privilege of becoming a "public charge."
It's an obviously common-sense policy. The alternative is to make the United States the welfare provider for the world, which is exactly what many Democrats want, and what Mamdani is suing to ensure.
Under Joe Biden, the rules were substantially loosened, because, of course, they were. Just as the border was opened up to all comers, the welfare state spigot was turned on to full blast. The laws were still on the books, but Biden administration policy guidance made it easier to get many forms of public assistance and reduced the need for public assistance as a barrier to moving here.
Unsurprisingly, Trump is tightening the restrictions again to pre-Biden levels. The goal is obvious: reduce the welfare magnet effect, where moving to the US is not about the opportunity to work and build a better life, but about gaining access to government benefits unavailable at home.
Mamdani announces that he's suing the Trump admin over the new rule that allows them to deny green cards to foreigners who are likely to rely on welfare.Says that "four million people will unenroll from their healthcare" and that "people will die" if more green cards aren't given to welfare dependent foreigners.
Mamdani's announcement of his lawsuit is filled with scaremongering and outright lies. He implies that US citizens and Green Card holders will have their benefits dropped, although he admits in an aside that they will not be affected.
Instead, he hypothesizes that people who are eligible for benefits will drop them for unspecified reasons, even though the Trump administration has kept them eligible.
They will DIE DIE DIE, not because Trump denied them healthcare, but because they chose not to avail themselves of it, which is Donald Trump's fault because reasons.
It's BS. The rules are clear: if you want to live in the US and are moving here, you have to be able to support yourself. That has been the intent of the law for over 140 years, and it's an obviously common-sense measure.
It doesn't even apply to refugees or asylees. It applies to people who apply for immigration or Green Cards. From most people's perspective, the rules will remain very generous. I doubt you could find more than 20 percent of the population who would agree that the United States should be importing people to put them on welfare.
Are you poor in Guatemala? Move to the US, and we will turn on the welfare spigot! Bring your friends and family while you are at it!
Other Democrats are following Mamdani's lead. Twenty states are suing Trump to reopen the borders and welfare floodgates. Mamdani may be the frontman, but the Democrat Party as a whole is on board.
Mamdani's scaremongering about US citizens and Green Card holders, implying they will drop like flies, is the only way he can make his position sound reasonable, but it's all smoke and mirrors.
All Trump is doing is applying the law as Congress intended, and dropping the "welfare for all comers" policy of the Biden administration.
This is all part of the "decolonization" and "reparations" agenda. The socialists believe others are poor because we are rich — including people in other countries — and want us to pay a form of reparations through open borders and welfare for all comers.
Now, expect a liberal judge to agree with him. Because of course some liberal judge will.
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The leftist judges are probably already lined up.
These people have gone completely bonkers.
Babylon b.........never mind....................
“””The leftist judges are probably already lined up.”””
At some point I hope someone puts together a list of the common sense orders that Trump initiated that were later thwarted by activist judges.
This proves Mamdani is not an American although he is a citizen.
This proves Mamdani is not an American although he is a citizen.
This proves Mamdani is not an American although he is a citizen.
muslims the laziest group on the planet never work just scam , steal and spend their lives on welfare ,LOL
We need to sue this scumball African Muzzie and force his ass to use his own money to support freeloading foreign ahos.
These people have gone completely bonkers.
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Nope. Crazy like a fox maybe.
Redistribution is not compassion. It’s not about the recipients.
Redistribution is all about the people who are being taxed!
Between sales, income and property taxes, it’s basically impossible for working and middle class people to hold on to wealth, but for some marxists, the idea of private property is so objectionable that if they can’t overthrow our current systems, they are going to exploit them to the point where everyone is punished for it, and perhaps even better, the whole system collapses and goes bankrupt.
There’s nothing bonkers about it. It’s nefarious and evil.
It’s another step in the plan to destroy the United States of America in order to make way for their Communist States of Amerika!
Immigrants and refugee claimants should have to obtain bonds, say at least $20,000 each.
George Soros and his Open Society Foundation have lots of money.
It’s another step in the plan to destroy the United States of America in order to make way for their Communist States of Amerika!
Hey when’s that “Free Food” store opening ISLAMamdani?
A list of 'common sense' orders would be great - AND a list of insane positions taken by democrats.
A list of 'common sense' orders would be great - AND a list of insane positions taken by democrats.
We need to keep Muslims out of this country and kick out as many as possible. Islam and the US are incompatible.
Republicans should say this is why we’re worried about social security and medicare. We cannot afford to offer free handouts to everyone that wants to come here for the welfare.
Milton Friedman said many decades ago “you can’t have a welfare state and open borders at the same time”
But we’ve gone well beyond that simple observation
Federal Government, 1) controls all welfare in the USA, and 2) has the power to print money, and issue debt in our fiat, unbacked, paper currency.
Mamdani and the Left just want the US dollar debt-creating and money printing presses turned on, for the purpose of their leftist social engineering
If we can’t have a stable currency, then at least Fed.gov needs to get out of the welfare-providing business. Turn it all over to the states to fund and manage.
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