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09-14-2010, 07:43 AM #1
Children of Illegal Aliens Taking Huge Portion of Welfare
Rise in public benefits to children of illegal immigrants in L.A. County has supervisor 'very concerned'
Los Angeles Times
By Teresa Watanabe
Welfare payments to children of illegal immigrants in Los Angeles County increased in July to $52 million, prompting renewed calls from one county supervisor to rein in public benefits to such families.
The payments, made to illegal immigrants for their U.S. citizen children, included $30 million in food stamps and $22 million from the CalWORKS welfare program, according to Los Angeles County figures released Friday by Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich.
The new figure represents an increase of $3.7 million from July 2009 and makes up 23% of all county welfare and food stamp assistance, according to county records.
Last year, welfare and food stamp issuances totaled nearly $570 million, an amount projected to exceed $600 million this year. In addition, county taxpayers spend $550 million in public safety -- mostly for jail costs -- and nearly $500 million for healthcare for illegal immigrants, Antonovich said.
“The supervisor is very concerned,” said Antonovich spokesman Tony Bell. “He believes we have an economic catastrophe on our hands.”
Shirley Christensen of the county Department of Public Social Services said the number of households with illegal immigrant parents and U.S. citizen children receiving welfare increased by 7% from January to June of this year.
“With the economy the way it is, a lot of people have had to avail themselves of programs they may not have needed before,” Christensen said. “Everyone is taking a hit, including undocumented immigrants.”
Amid continued economic gloom, debate has intensified over the public cost of providing benefits to illegal immigrants and their U.S. citizen children. In recent months, calls have grown for a constitutional amendment that would effectively deny citizenship to the children of illegal immigrants, whose numbers have increased from 2.7 million in 2003 to 4 million in 2008, according to the Pew Hispanic Center.
At present, U.S. citizenship is automatically granted to children born on U.S. soil. Last month, U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) announced he might introduce a constitutional amendment to deny citizenship to children of illegal immigrants. Antonovich and several legal scholars, however, argue that a federal statute is sufficient to change the law.
But even some immigration hawks are wary of such a move. Steven Camarota of the Center for Immigration Studies, a Washington-based research organization that supports immigration restrictions, said ending birthright citizenship would hurt children for their parents' misdeeds, require new federal registration systems and create other problems. The ultimate solution, he said, is to continue driving down illegal immigration with tough enforcement.
-- Teresa Watanabe
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09-14-2010, 07:48 AM #2
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Last year, welfare and food stamp issuances totaled nearly $570 million, an amount projected to exceed $600 million this year. In addition, county taxpayers spend $550 million in public safety -- mostly for jail costs -- and nearly $500 million for healthcare for illegal immigrants, Antonovich said.Last edited by HAPPY2BME; 02-03-2012 at 05:35 AM.
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09-14-2010, 07:52 AM #3
well that your congress doing call your Mayor of your town . all of you have to fight BS fight .
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09-14-2010, 07:55 AM #4
The children of illegal aliens, whether or not the children are born in the U.S., are a huge drain on the fiscal integrity of counties and States. In Los Angeles County, they account for 23% of all county welfare and food stamp assistance.
No doubt, the practice of automatically awarding citizenship to the US-born children of illegal aliens will soon become a very public controversy. Some think that a constitutional Amendment is needed to halt the practice. Others maintain that the practice is already unconstitutional and originated in a perverse interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment.Join our FIGHT AGAINST illegal immigration & to secure US borders by joining our E-mail Alerts at http://eepurl.com/cktGTn
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09-14-2010, 08:18 AM #5
The majority of illegal alien males who arrived here to work have brought their wives/girlfriends with them and gone on to have U.S. born children. This has resulted in the states going heavily into debt as they are absorbing most of the costs of educating, feeding, and providing medical care to these dependents. This has been ignored for the most part by the media and the public in general when discussing illegal immigration, and yet the implications have been profound.
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09-14-2010, 08:32 AM #6Originally Posted by hattiecatJoin our efforts to Secure America's Borders and End Illegal Immigration by Joining ALIPAC's E-Mail Alerts network (CLICK HERE)
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09-14-2010, 08:38 AM #7Originally Posted by hattiecat
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09-14-2010, 08:39 AM #8
No welfare for illegal alien households. Period. Stop this gawd damn foolish nonsense. The Constitution doesn't give these children automatic birthright citizenship. It never did. They're the spawn of illegal aliens with absolutely NO STANDiNG in the United States and absolutely no right to US citizenship under the US Constitution. Treasonous Technocrats have given them citizenship, not the United States, not the US Constitution, not even a treasonous court has done it. Clerks have done it, clerks paid to push paperwork and money, your money, and China's money around in our country to people who aren't entitled to it.
After what I saw at Walmart last night as I picked up my $6.45 worth of crackers and weenies waiting 20 minute behind a woman with a Food Stamp EBT card, I was ready to pull the plug on all welfare programs. I didn't calm down until after I got home and vowed, to work every single day until this disaster is stopped cold in its tracks.A Nation Without Borders Is Not A Nation - Ronald Reagan
Save America, Deport Congress! - Judy
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09-14-2010, 08:50 AM #9
“The supervisor is very concerned,â€
...I call on you in the name of Liberty, of patriotism & everything dear to the American character, to come to our aid...
William Barret Travis
Letter From The Alamo Feb 24, 1836
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09-14-2010, 09:05 AM #10Shirley Christensen of the county Department of Public Social Services said the number of households with illegal immigrant parents and U.S. citizen children receiving welfare increased by 7% from January to June of this year.
The new policy has been "let everyone in and wait for them to commit crimes before we deport them". Not just the average crimes, but it has to be serious crimes. The "migrants" (UN agenda on migration) aren't held accountable little things like driving without a license, no insurance, working illegally, theft, welfare fraud. I can't say that I am surprised, this administration don't vet their political appointees very well either.
Remember that these women aren't coming here and having one child, if they can get the anchor dropped, they continue to produce because with each additional child they produce they receive more"benefits". We are paying foreign nationals to come here and have children.Support our FIGHT AGAINST illegal immigration & Amnesty by joining our E-mail Alerts at https://eepurl.com/cktGTn
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