Why are these people reciving welfare in the first place???? I was under the impression they weren't eligible. Boy, did I miss something.
Saturday, March 22, 2003
Aid is called core of new Hispanic center
GOP-backed office's aim is to help immigrants find services, officials say.
By COURTNEY PERKES
The Orange County Register
SANTA ANA --- Orange County Republicans, who have raised more than $100,000 to help immigrants in Santa Ana, hope a new nonprofit office will also bolster the party's image among Hispanics.
The Lincoln-Juarez Opportunity Center officially opens Friday and will begin providing free referrals for medical, immigration and other help. The center on Fourth Street will be run by a small paid staff and bilingual Republican volunteers.
Volunteers will help clients find services they need not recruit or talk politics, said John Cruz, an Irvine attorney and chairman of the center's board.
Across the state, the GOP would like to tap into a growing Latino population that traditionally identifies with the Democratic Party and help change an image tarnished by Proposition 187, which sought to end public services for illegal immigrants.