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The talking points about undocumented people lining up at the benefits trough are utterly false.** - 1pg
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Can Illegal Immigrants Get Welfare in the U.S.?
Cole Mayer, March 25, 2019
In short'no, illegal immigrants cannot receive the benefits of welfare in the US. However, as with many political questions, the actual answer is much more complicated.
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Qualified vs. Unqualified
Before we can definitely answer the big question, it's important to understand who is qualified for welfare programs in the United States. There are certain people who are qualified for federal assistance programs. According to the National Immigration Law Center, these include:
Lawful permanent residents (LPRs), popularly known as green card holders;
Refugees, people who have been granted asylum or withholding of deportation/removal, and conditional entrants;
People granted parole by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for at least one year;
Cuban and Haitian entrants;
Certain abused immigrants, their children, and/or their parents;
Certain survivors of trafficking
So there you have it, Refugees are not illegals. These are the same weasel words the Biden Admin uses to claim illegal immigration has been slowed to a trickle. When your policy is to treat 99% of the new arrivals as refugees, take their name, give them a court date in ten years and send them on their way, sometimes with government paid plane ticket, then you have magically solved the "illegal problem". The once illegal immigrant is now a quite legal refugee and eligible for certain benefits that generically fall into the common category of welfare benefits. Also lets not overlook the burden their children place on local schools, but that is a state problem so isn't a problem after all.
