Why yes, yes they did. And they had one!
How the hell did you supossedly afford the fees to immigrate to the U.S., and then plop yourself on welfare!?
You are not a net drain on us!
Didn’t these people used to require a sponsor?
Laws about foreign nationals and welfare and such are still on the books. Legal immigrants cannot receive benefits until they have been in the United States for more than five years, illegals not at all. Ignored by this Administration as with the past several.
Why yes, yes they did. And they had one!
Back when this country was sane, sponsorship required the sponsor be financially responsible, including providing them with housing and the living expenses to survive until such time as they got a job and became independent. Most of the sane countries in the world still oberate that way.
Today, sponsorship only requires that you pick them up at the airport, and sign them up for public housing, EBT cards and all the other trappings of a newly minted ward of the state.