"Michael D. Antonovich said Tuesday that he will tell Congress that close to 100,000 children of illegal immigrants in the county collect $276 million in annual welfare benefits. ... "What I want to make clear is the children we aid are legally eligible to be aided," Christensen said. "They are the children of undocumented parents, but they themselves are not undocumented. They were born in this country.""
Thanks for the information.
It certainly makes sense for the Government to check the immigration status of everybody who is receiving benefits. It is unjust to legal immigrants and citizens to continue this.
This also points out the necessity of ending 'birthright citizenship', because it becomes a magnet for illegal immigration. Apparently, the legislative language for such a change is sponsored by Sen Chambliss, but Sen Frist would let the Senate vote on it in this bill as an amendment. :-(
I'm disappointed in how Frist is handling this.
We are NOT solving illegal immigration if we include amnesty/legalization in it.
Can you imagine what the numbers are like nationwide?? I just posted the figures for L.A County.