Posted on 03/27/2011 9:32:48 PM PDT by moonshinner_09
Items in Gov. Scott Walker’s new biennial budget would cut programs that provide aid and support to immigrants, a move that has drawn outrage among immigrant advocacy groups.
Walker’s 2011-2013 budget contains proposals that would end access to in-state tuition for undocumented immigrant college students and eliminate the FoodShare program for low-income legal immigrants.
The Milwaukee-based immigrant advocacy organization Voces de la Frontera reacted to the proposals with harsh criticism.
“With this budget, Walker is seeking to institutionalize discrimination against low-income immigrant families,” Executive Director Christine Neumann-Ortiz said.
In terms of eliminating the FoodShare program, which benefits legal immigrants who do not meet federal residency requirements, Walker said the growing cost of the program was unsustainable in the budget bill.
Rep. Donald Pridemore, R-Hartford, who will introduce a bill this week giving police the right to ask for proof of residency from criminal suspects, said he supported these budgetary measures on philosophical grounds.
“It’s not a question of how much money it’ll save us. It’s a question of principle. We shouldn’t be giving any taxpayer-funded benefits to people who have come to this country illegally,” Pridemore said.
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How in the hell are they getting them in the first place????
Isn’t there ANYONE checking documentation before they hand out money?
Wow. She's a real American. Born on a stopover in LA by her globalist parents.
And best of all, she's from two countries which have no grudge against the United States whatsoever.
Right? Right. Uh huh.
Meggahumonguous BUMP to Scott Walker.
His brass balls are so big they clank when he walks.
Keep it up Scott!
“legal immigrants who do not meet federal residency requirements”
“So how are they “legal” immigrants?”
People here legally but not residents, like those on visas or granted amnesty status.
Whoops, not “amnesty” status, those granted ASYLUM status.
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