You may be correct though I imagine that if the family can portray an image of 1) they are US citizens and 2) they are not being a burden on US citizens ... then I think that many attitudes would change towards this family.
Parents filed bankruptcy a year and a half ago- and they walked away from their house at that time.
Grandpa supposedly used to be in the Iraqi Army- perhaps about when Saddam came into power. He was quoted as saying he wanted to go back to Iraq and try to get back into the military there and earn money for “his family”.
I would think he would disappear up the Amazon to not have to live in a house with 14 kids all under the age of 7, along with a “mother” who obviously has mental problems.