I thought illegal aliens were not getting benefits. And legal immigrants should not be getting it, else if they are not sponsor or able to support themselves, they should be deported. Didn’t the law used to be that you had to have a sponsor and means to support yourself? Time to revive those rules.
These costs pale in comparison to the public school costs of these invaders; here in NJ many of our schools would be closed and districts merged except for the illegals in the schools. People may be asked to prove residency, but not legality - and the “residency” is often off the books. When there was a discussion a few years ago about verifying legality before admission to public schools, the teachers’ unions successfully squashed that. These illegal dupes are a critical part of transferring taxpayer funds through the teachers’ unions into Dem coffers...
“I thought illegal aliens were not getting benefits.”
That ship sailed away a long time ago.