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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The Khmer Rouge worked the Buddhist monks to death when they came to power; they saw no point in providing for people who did little physical work.
All those natural conservatives not being able to grift off me and my family, that is not who we are people.
Maybe we should start an awareness campaign/fundraiser. Sell ICE t shirts here.
Think of what would happen if these ice t shirts became the new fashion. Remember that the fashion industry is by design, it is a very intentional process.
It’s not just illegals that work under the table while collecting .
While they weren't really producing the superior quality that he was offering, on the surface it looked like they were. My brother had to close his business and, with it, the jobs of young American men, black and white, who were getting training in quality construction techniques and helping to support their families.
And sometimes the churches partner with big government to take the money extracted by force from citizens and do charity mandated by government.
Lutheran Social Services and Catholic Charities, just to name two, are very adept at this technique
People who wired billions of dollars back HOME to Mexico”””
Remittances from the USA to Mexico is the largest part of their GDP.
Far exceeds oil production.
You may not have noticed The Church and citizens stopped having sympathy for the down trodden once the Government interceded. No use helping them double dip, we certainly don't get that benefit ourselves.
Fifty years ago you had to have a sponsor that guaranteed that you would not be a government burden. In other words the sponsor agreed to pay any of those expenses if the applicant couldn't. Oh well that was when we were less evil than we are today.
Couldn’t the electrician report this? On top of being illegal aliens, these people are doing work for which they are not properly licensed and there are penalties for that, particluarly in tenant and commercial situations.
Warms the cockles of my heart.
Does not matter.
A green card is just a work permit. It does not entitle you to welfare benefits.
Ha!
Amazing how easy this works. More winning by our President.
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.
More winning.
“How many work under the table for cash while collecting benefits?”
Probably a high percentage.
It will save state taxpayers millions
If they now have to work, they ought to just go back to their home country
I here the number of those returning south has steadily been increasing..
There used to be a guy in Caldwell, ID who owned a billboard and would put comments like that on it all the time.
One of the best was that Welfare was supposed to be a temporary safety-net, not a multi-generational hammock.
It’s a good day. The sun is shining, Rush is on the radio and PT is my president.
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