Posted on 09/06/2016 10:06:41 AM PDT by jazusamo
Months after the Obama administration spent $19 million to register new immigrant voters that will likely support Democrats in November, it’s dedicating an additional $10 million in a final push as the presidential election approaches. The money is distributed by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the Homeland Security agency that oversees lawful immigration, to organizations that help enhance pathways to naturalization by offering immigrants free citizenship instruction, English, U.S. history and civics courses. Officially, they’re known as “citizenship integration grants.”
Since 2009 USCIS has doled out $63 million in these grants to prepare more than 156,000 resident immigrants in dozens of states for U.S. citizenship, according to the agency’s figures. Besides the free classes, Uncle Sam also offers immigrants free “naturalization legal services,” the latest USCIS grant announcement states. “Recipient organizations serve both traditional immigrant destinations and new immigrant getaway cities in 21 states,” the USCIS document reads. The latest $10 million investment will prepare approximately 25,000 residents from more than 50 countries, according to the agency. More than a dozen states—including California, New York, Florida, Washington and Ohio—with large resident immigrant populations are being targeted as well as cities with huge immigrant populations such as Miami, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco and Washington D.C.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been aggressive in promoting its citizen integration grant program this year, offering large sums to recruit new groups that can offer immigrants the services they need to become citizens. Clearly, the ultimate goal is qualifying as many immigrants as possible to vote since they tend to cast ballots for Democrats. “We intend to award about $1 million to first-time recipients in the Citizenship and Integration Grant Program for fiscal year 2016,” the agency’s grant announcement states. “If you represent one of these organizations, or know of an interested organization, we strongly encourage that organization to consider applying. Additionally, another $9 million will fund programs that provide both citizenship instruction and instruction and naturalization application services.” Some might consider this a cash giveaway.
This is part of a broader, government-wide initiative launched by the president to “strengthen federal immigrant and refugee integration infrastructure.” The mission is to facilitate life in the U.S. for immigrants and refugees by enhancing pathways to naturalization, building welcoming communities and providing “mobile immigration services in underserved communities.” To carry out this important mission Obama created a special Task Force on New Americans chaired by his Domestic Policy Director, Cecilia Muñoz, the former vice president of the powerful open borders group National Council of La Raza (NCLR). Millions of taxpayer dollars have funded the task force’s various enterprises, including multilingual media campaigns promoting immigrant rights. The goal is to “strengthen civic, economic and linguistic integration and to build strong and welcoming communities,” according to a report issued by the task force. In the end communities will be strengthened by welcoming all residents, the administration assures.
Practically every federal agency is participating in the effort by contributing resources and creating programs to help immigrants. For example the Department of Labor (DOL) is implementing “new workforce programs” for the “new Americans” and the Department of Education is promoting “funding opportunities” to assure that the immigrants “are provided the tools they need to succeed.” The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is collaborating with other agencies to release a career and credentialing toolkit on “immigrant-focused career-pathways programs.” The Department of Justice (DOJ) and USCIS are making sure the new Americans have worker rights and protections and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is launching a two-year pilot to assure that non English speakers have “meaningful access to housing programs” subsidized by American taxpayers.
Maybe they should spend this money getting people IDs, since their are apparently too stupid or lazy to get them...
They they won’t be “disaffected”....
Why are NON-CITIZENS ALLOWED TO VOTE at all??????????????..................
Off the Wall Ping!
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Title is misleading, these programs are to pay for citizenship programs and language classes, etc.
Are any of them citizens?
I have some fine oceanfront property in Arizona for sale really cheap if you’re interested............
Oh yes! And the ACA was supposed to lower health care cost.
This is so darn criminal, these corruptocrats trying to fix this election. More progressive/liberal government culture trying to protect their progressive/liberal power.
This so disgusts me as some of these people in government are undermining the Constitution, the same Constitution many were sworn in to uphold. There are tons of people in government that needs to go to jail over this.
Of course, I’m not going to ask where our media is on this illegal invasion. This is how they plan on fixing this election as we must remember all this, including the corrupt media, if they are to succeed. Hanging these traitors is too nice.
CGato
Yep, this program and 0bamacare are both huge ripoffs.
It truly is criminal. 0bama administration lapdogs are targeting areas and immigrants that are most probably RAT voters and using taxpayer dollars to make them citizens and make sure they register to vote.
They are in turbo hyperdrive to get as many people as possible naturalized for the election.
Was at a citizenship ceremony recently. I am sure the new citizens thought they had to register to vote to complete the citizenship ceremony, it was that integral to the ceremony.
They were not getting out of there without registering to vote. I do not know who the woman leading the registration process works for but she had free reign in a Federal courtroom.
Anyone who believes in the integrity of the present day American electorial system is a fool.
I cannot imagine a more pathetic, venal, petulant, despicable creature. The living, breathing proof of the bodily presence of pure Evil manifest in our White House.
Ugh.
That is contempt and he can be put in jail until he conforms to the law the Federal Judge handed down...
Just saying...
I would flood the area with “Vote Wednesday November 9” posters.
Yeah, it is ironic and hypocritical that the Dep’t of Homeland Security is in charge of much of this.
They should change their name to Dep’t of Leftist Government Jobs Security and Leftist Power. It has nothing to do with the American people’s security as they bring in potential radicalized immigrants that can harm the American people which has already happened but yet, it’s all about protecting their culture and power.
The fact that people in our government are doing these things, even if it is wrong and knowing how it could or has harmed their fellow Americans, just shows how radicalized they have become. They must be purged from our government.
CGato
..... There fixed it .......
While that is true, the leadership of the Republican Party does nothing to try to stop it. All the statists in government are working together to try to hold on to power.
What Trump has exposed is there has been a government coup at some point and so many in both parties are in on it. Soon after Trump is elected, the tribunals need to begin.
CGato
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