Wrong. From the FAIR website:
THE PRUCOL LOOPHOLE
Some think that illegal aliens cannot receive welfare benefits, but they can, as a result of a provision known as PRUCOL (Permanently Residing Under the Color of Law). PRUCOL means a status that has the appearance of, but not the substance of, a legal right. This is not a status created by legislation, but rather one created by the courts. When an alien is designated as PRUCOL, it means that he/she technically has no right to be here, but is allowed to stay anyway. And, since the illegal alien is allowed to stay, he/she gets the same rights as if he/she were here legally. The exception is that a PRUCOL alien is not a legal permanent resident and may not apply for U.S. citizenship. This means that the PRUCOL alien may not sponsor the immigration of family members.
WHO IS GIVEN PRUCOL STATUS?
In general, aliens are considered PRUCOL if:
- they are in the United States illegally, and
- the INS knowingly permits them to remain in the U.S. rather than enforce departure.
HOW IS PRUCOL DETERMINED?
This designation, created by federal agencies in conjunction with the courts, applies to four federal programs to determine whether an illegal alien is eligible for benefits:
Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC);
Supplemental Security Income (SSI);
Medicaid, and
Unemployment Insurance benefits.
Each program determines for itself which aliens it considers to meet the PRUCOL criteria. In this way, the federal government uses taxpayers' money to subsidize illegal immigration. Furthermore, many state governments follow the federal government's lead, and give benefits to PRUCOL aliens.
Examples of illegal aliens who might qualify as PRUCOL include:
- aliens who have been here for more than twenty years;
- aliens who have been granted stays of deportation by the courts;
- aliens who are not being deported because of U.S. citizen children;
- aliens whom, for political reasons, the government is not deporting (such as Salvadorans and Cubans).
PRUCOL is just one of the ways that illegal immigration to the United States is encouraged and rewarded by our present sytem, and a demonstration of why we need comprehensive reform.
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I'm not going to further this thread with supposed legal arguments or understandings of the 14th amendment...
Then why did you chime in? BlackElk is trying to claim that the 14th Amendment somehow comes into play with what the border groups are doing ... when it does nothing of the sort.