[Nea Wood]

Welfare for illegals is eliminated.

Actually, this is already illegal. The people on welfare may look hispanic, but they are probably citizens.

What about illegals who have anchor babies? Do they qualify for welfare? (This is a sincere question.)

...there is a lot to be said for a docile workforce that can't complain about conditions to the law. Or can't sue if they are injured

I work in the legal field, and I am here to tell you that illegals can and do sue. They frequently sue. There are no negative consquences for them at all. I've seen workers' comp lawsuits, auto accident lawsuits, all kinds of lawsuits filed by illegals. Absolutely nothing is done about it. In fact, the defendants usually settle out of court and give the illegals $10,000 or so. The illegals remain in this country, free to file more lawsuits. Many even make their living this way. They fill their cars with friends and then deliberately stage auto accidents, then sue the other party, claiming to have been injured. Or they work briefly at some job (using fake IDs) then claim a mental or physical injury and file a lawsuit. I have literally seen depositions where the illegal claimed that, "My boss yelled at me, and that traumatized me, so now I can never work again and need to collect workers' comp!" It must work, too, or they wouldn't do it!

[Black Agnes]

Of course the anchor babies parents qualify for welfare. In my hood there are social workers there to tell them exactly what they need to do to start collecting all the benefits that are theirs because they had an anchor baby. They also ( with or w/o anchor babies) qualify for HUD loans to minorities, food stamps and any and all health care. They're one reason NJ's insurance business is in such dire circumstances. They had a nifty scam going in Newark where they'd pull out in front of a NJTransit bus at the last minute (when the bus was coming to a stop & not going very fast), then sue the snot out of anything and everybody that didn't move fast enough. NJ, Hospitals, ambulance services/etc. They'd also do that in front of 'nice cars'. Then the owner would have to pay out for damages...It's insane.

[RLK]

They fill their cars with friends and then deliberately stage auto accidents, then sue the other party, claiming to have been injured. Or they work briefly at some job (using fake IDs) then claim a mental or physical injury and file a lawsuit. I have literally seen depositions where the illegal claimed that, "My boss yelled at me, and that traumatized me, so now I can never work again and need to collect workers' comp!" It must work, too, or they wouldn't do it!

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They have caught on quickly and they don't need to speak English to do it. Their lawyers will do it for them. It's an industry that supports illegal immigration and invasion.

[marron]

What about illegals who have anchor babies? Do they qualify for welfare? (This is a sincere question.)

They almost certainly qualify for ADC (Aid to Dependant Children). Got me.

I work in the legal field, and I am here to tell you that illegals can and do sue.

Actually, since you mention it, I am acquainted with a legal aid office, funded by the Farm Labor union, that operates here. They have a paralegal who goes out and inspects the farms, to make sure they have porta-johns and water for the workers. He helps them with wage disputes, filling out forms for whatever. If a farmer tries to take advantage, illegally, he passes the issue back to the home office and the lawyers take over.

So, although the illegal workforce is certainly more docile than are citizens, things are changing. It is not like it was a generation ago. I am glad for the work this guy does. No one deserves to be mistreated. And anyway, if employers are forced to observe all the labor laws whether their workers are legal or not, it takes away some of the incentive to hire illegals.

Got me twice.