Show me some proof that people are being denied assistance because of lack of ID's. Show me some proof that people right now are starving, going without water, or medical care.
The thing that really gripes me is that this will get out of hand and become a giant scam on us taxpayers. To suspend the laws of our country, to give jobs to those who cannot prove their citizenship, is just plain wrong.
A Vanderbilt political science professor predicts that low-end job market chaos is inevitable throughout the SouthEast between the displaced evacuees (70% black) and the illegal aliens. Any indication from the Federal government that it plans to do even less enforcement is literally insult upon injury for these displaced citizens.
Sure, a large portion of New Orleans residents were getting by without working while jobbing the system, but the rules have changed as they take up residence in communities that won't look the other way. They're going to need those jobs. The illegals need to go. Now.
"The thing that really gripes me is that this will get out of hand and become a giant scam on us taxpayers. To suspend the laws of our country, to give jobs to those who cannot prove their citizenship, is just plain wrong."
It would be wrong if it were more than a temporary thing. I would allow assistance, even allow a job, pending a more thourough investigation. Let them go to work, with whatever documentation they may have. But don't let it stop there, get their SSN, start a review, and if it turns out they are illegals, then deport them. All I read in this report was simply that. They can start work without full documentation. I did not see that this was a permanment thing.