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Fear of deportation drives people off food stamps in US
WTOP News (Washington DC) ^
| June 6, 2017 5:25 pm
| AP
Posted on 06/06/2017 4:40:54 PM PDT by COBOL2Java
NEW YORK (AP) A crackdown on illegal immigration under President Donald Trump has driven some poor people to take a drastic step: opt out of federal food assistance because they are fearful of deportation, activists and immigrants say. People who are not legal residents of the U.S. are not eligible to take part in what is formally known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
But many poor families include a mix of non-legal residents and legal ones, such as children who have citizenship because they were born in the U.S. In those cases, it is often an adult who is not a legal resident who submits the application.
Some now feel that is too dangerous under a president who has made immigration enforcement a priority. Throughout the U.S., there are accounts of people resisting efforts of nonprofit organizations to sign them up for food stamps, letting benefits lapse or withdrawing from the program because of the perceived risk.
They dont want to put their name and address on a form for a government public benefit out of fear that theyll be sought out and asked to leave, said Teresa Smith, executive director of Catholic Charities of Orange County, California.
The food stamp program provides monthly payments, typically about $125 per eligible household member, to poor families to buy essential staples. Going without can be an extreme decision, advocates say.
This means less food on the table, fewer meals in houses where the kids have rights because they are U.S. citizens, said Andrew Hammond, an attorney for Chicagos Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; Mexico; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 1moretime; aliens; deportation; dreamers; ebt; illegals; maga; obamalegacy; snap; welfare; welfareabuse; welfarecheats; welfarefraud
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Call me crazy, but aren't food stamps - I dunno - supposed to be for LEGAL immigrants?
To: COBOL2Java
Life’s tough all over.Try being in the country as legal citizens and these problems all disappear.
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posted on
06/06/2017 4:43:39 PM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(anything worth doing is worth overdoing,moderation is for cowards)
To: COBOL2Java
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posted on
06/06/2017 4:43:59 PM PDT
by
Mamzelle
To: COBOL2Java
And the bad part is.....????
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posted on
06/06/2017 4:44:33 PM PDT
by
VideoPaul
To: COBOL2Java; Titan Magroyne
Fear of deportation drives people off food stamps in US
They say that like it's a bad thing.
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posted on
06/06/2017 4:44:57 PM PDT
by
Drumbo
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw (Robert A. Heinlein))
To: COBOL2Java
"Saul Alinsky you magnificent bstrd we read your book!
Learn from the enemy to stay ahead. That's what winners do!
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posted on
06/06/2017 4:45:53 PM PDT
by
higgmeister
( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
To: COBOL2Java
Immigrants are not supposed to be a burden on the taxpayer...legal or not.
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posted on
06/06/2017 4:46:00 PM PDT
by
rottndog
('Live Free Or Die' Ain't just words on a bumber sticker...or a tagline.)
To: COBOL2Java
They make it sound like it’s a bad thing.
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posted on
06/06/2017 4:46:04 PM PDT
by
aquila48
To: COBOL2Java
Yet another way Obama wanted to handicap America through economic serfdom to illegals.
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posted on
06/06/2017 4:46:33 PM PDT
by
GnuThere
To: COBOL2Java
Call me crazy, but aren’t food stamps - I dunno - supposed to be for LEGAL immigrants?
The workaround is to have an anchor baby. The baby, a US citizen, gets the food stamps. The parents, illegal aliens, get the checks. So illegals can and do get welfare benefits.
That is why getting rid of the anchor baby provision is so important,
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posted on
06/06/2017 4:47:08 PM PDT
by
joshua c
(To disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives)
To: GnuThere
Hussein = Food Stamp Prezzy...
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posted on
06/06/2017 4:48:26 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
To: COBOL2Java
Thinking: "El Trump taking away our benefits! So mean!"
"Sigh...maybe better to go back to Mexico..."
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posted on
06/06/2017 4:48:27 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(RuPaul and Yertle - our illustrious Republican leaders up the Hill - God help us!)
To: COBOL2Java
I thought all these illegals had jobs and were contributors to society? That’s what activists say.
To: COBOL2Java
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posted on
06/06/2017 4:50:21 PM PDT
by
BAW
(I'm not getting tired of winning.)
To: COBOL2Java
They can go back to their own country and make their country great. Just GTFO if you are not here legally and contributing.
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posted on
06/06/2017 4:52:21 PM PDT
by
soycd
To: COBOL2Java
Why do we want legal immigrants that suck off the taxpayers? I have a real problem with our immigration. Legal and illegal.
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posted on
06/06/2017 4:52:48 PM PDT
by
sheana
To: COBOL2Java
I needed some good news——yaaaay !!!!!!!!!!!!!
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posted on
06/06/2017 4:53:37 PM PDT
by
Mears
("It takes a lot of clout to be a victim."---Joe Sobran)
To: COBOL2Java
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posted on
06/06/2017 4:54:15 PM PDT
by
Kozak
(DIVERSITY+PROXIMITY=CONFLICT)
To: COBOL2Java
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posted on
06/06/2017 4:54:57 PM PDT
by
Chode
(My job is not to represent the world. My job is to represent the United States of America-#45 DJT)
To: Mears
Hahaha. Self-deport NOW...or we will kick your illegal alien invader a**es out!
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posted on
06/06/2017 4:55:10 PM PDT
by
hal ogen
(First Amendment or Reeducation camp?)
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