Posted on 02/24/2020 6:34:23 PM PST by RightGeek
Pastor Antonio Velasquez says that before the Trump administration announced a crackdown on immigrants using government social services, people lined up before sunrise outside a state office in a largely Latino Phoenix neighborhood to sign up for food stamps and Medicaid.
No more.
'You had to arrive at 3 in the morning, and it might take you until the end of the day,' he said, pointing behind the office in the Maryvale neighborhood to show how long the lines got.
But no one lined up one recent weekday morning, and there were just a handful of people inside.
With new rules taking effect Monday that disqualify more people from green cards if they use government benefits, droves of immigrants, including citizens and legal residents, have dropped social services they or their children may be entitled to out of fear they will be kicked out of the U.S., said Velazquez and other advocates.
'This will bring more poverty, more homeless, more illness,' said Velasquez, a well-known leader among Spanish-speaking immigrants in the Phoenix area.
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There's yer damn "target rich environment".
They need to secure the past records back from before they dropped off the dole, for a good strong database of wetback parasites.....complete with addresses.
We need huge "deportation camps" near the ports of entry. In the middle of the night, when legal crossing slows down, close the border to traffic and....
Empty them!!!
Deport ALL illegal alien invaders. Who cares what their age is? They are criminals. They are unwanted. Seize their ill-gotten assets...whatever they have...to offset costs. GET OUT!
Amen! Bunch of welfare mooching ,border jumping criminals and arrogant beggars.
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