Posted on 05/10/2019 3:11:15 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
The Department of Housing and Urban Development proposed a new rule Friday to make people seeking housing assistance have to prove their legal status, in a move that could oust thousands of illegal immigrants. Secretary Ben Carson said the rule would bring policy into compliance with the law, which generally tries to restrict public benefits to citizens and legal residents.
“There is an affordable housing crisis in this country, and we need to make certain our scarce public resources help those who are legally entitled to it,” Mr. Carson said.
When the Washington Times broke the news of the rule last month, officials said it could apply to perhaps 32,000 families who have an illegal immigrant head of household claiming taxpayer-funded assistance.
The new rules would require new applicants to have their information run through the federal SAVE database, which is used to weed illegal immigrants out of other public benefits. Families already in housing would have to be newly checked over the course of time.
Legal immigrants, refugees and asylees would not be ousted.
Illegal immigrant-led families who claim a hardship could earn an 18-month reprieve under the rule. Still, immigrant-rights groups were incensed, calling the move an “attack” and warning of a rise in homelessness in illegal immigrant-led families.
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Go Ben go! About time!
and housing vouchers, section 8 and all other housing options.
What a novel concept!
US citizen taxpayer money should never have gone to benefits for illegal aliens.
Thank God we finally got a President who loves America.
Hasn’t been one since Reagan.
I love this President.
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This is how it should have been from the beginning.
YES!!!!!!!!!!!! About time!!!
It’s a good start.
Let the sanctuary states/cities pay for the freebies for the illegals. This is a one-way trip to bankruptcy for these do-gooders, and the sooner the better.
I can predict the outcome of this: the libs will go completely berserk and California will lead the way.
OUTSTANDING!!!
We have a HUD house that we rent. It has to be inspected every year.
Hard to imagine any other country being stupid and gullible enough to give free housing to those who are in the country without permission. Imagine the outrage if Mexico were providing housing to Guatemalans who illegally entered Mexico!
Off the Wall Ping!
This is fantastic, the Rats and illegal alien activists are going to scream like raped apes and that makes it all the better.
Now if we could just get them excluded from all public assistance.
And all public services to include schools.
But this is a great first step.
Just wait, some judge will step in!
Reagan started all this s##t with his 86 amnesty!
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