Game over.
Posted on 05/04/2019 8:37:35 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The White House is considering a proposal to make it easier to deport low-income immigrants who are dependent on public benefits.
The Department of Justice has written a draft regulation that, if implemented, would greatly expand the number of immigrants in the U.S. who could be subject to deportation for using public benefits, Reuters reported Friday. The new proposal is part of the Trump administration’s larger effort to limit immigration from low-income foreign nationals.
Such benefits include the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly referred to as “food stamps;” Supplemental Security Income (SSI) doled out to the elderly and disabled people; Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF); Section 8 housing vouchers and various Medicaid benefits.
If the draft regulation is put into effect, it would be a sharp reversal from longstanding policy.
Permanent legal residents — also known as green card holders — who are dependent on the government for assistance and determined to be a “public charge” are already subject to deportation. However, in reality, few are ever actually deported. A 1948 ruling has essentially restricted such deportations to only those immigrants who the government has demanded to pay for public services but have failed to do so.
U.S. laws technically allow for the removal of legal residents who are deemed “public charges” within the first five years of their admission if their reason for seeking benefits predated their entry into the U.S., the news organization noted, for example, if an immigrant did not disclose a health issue that requires government assistance. However, because of the decades-old ruling, deportation for this reason almost never happens.
The proposal suggests the Trump administration would override this precedent and allow for the removal of immigrants who have taken advantage of public benefits within the first five years of their admission.
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Public benefits has been bait for the illegals by the democrats time to get rid of it and all other entitlements for illegals.
If you want to join the country go by the rules.
Bet only 1 in 100,000 would.
We don’t have to deport anybody.
Just cut off the government checks.
They’ll know what to do.
Deporting is a way to make sure it works.Just think how much nicer the neighborhoods will look.
Your car will be in the drive way in the morning
No car alarms going off at 3:00 am
You get to keep all the stuff you have in your house
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I was referring to the Democrat’s argument that we can’t deport 30-million people.
My point is that if you defund them, most of them will leave all on their own.
We can shoot/shovel/shut-up the remainders.
Amen to that...
Yes defund them is a good idea and every tool must be used to send them back and keep them there.
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