Posted on 12/31/2005 1:02:55 AM PST by FairOpinion
A new Virginia law bars undocumented immigrants from receiving state-funded benefits, the latest legislative effort to harness the state's growing illegal immigrant population.
The law, effective Jan. 1, restricts anyone unable to furnish a Social Security number from tapping Medicaid, temporary assistance for needy families and a handful of other state and local programs.
Proponents who debated the legislation in the General Assembly said the restrictions could save the commonwealth millions.
"A lot of us were saying, instead of raising taxes, why don't we start prioritizing where we're spending our existing money," said Del. David Albo, R-Fairfax, who sponsored the bill. "One of the things we found out was the state was not checking for legal presence for Medicaid."
Immigrant activists contend, however, that the Virginia law duplicates other state and federal laws that already block illegal aliens from gaining government benefits. Federal law, for example, prohibits immigrants lacking green cards or work visas from tapping food stamps and similar programs.
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From the Va. Dep't of Redundancy.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1549709/posts
:-)
I did the search on aliens, I can't help if people keep giving different titles to articles. ;)
A friend told me he heard on the radio the other day someone saying that a scam going around is for undoc aliens to have a baby and name that baby the exact name of the father. Not "junior," but the exact name. Then get SSN for baby with father's exact name. Then father starts using SSN and no one ever checks to see birth date.
PRAISE THE LORD!!!!!!!!
The activists also fear the new law could confuse legal immigrants and keep them from applying for benefits to which they are entitled.
Hello, they aren't ENTITLED to anything. They are ILLEGAL.
Yeah. That's what happens in the MSM...their editors copy an Associated Press story in their newspaper, and to justify their existence, they give it a new title. Go figure. :-)
The "activists" don't really care about "legal immigrants". Otherwise, they'd be out there pushng the "family reunification" option.
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