Thread: Illegals Receive A Quarter Of Welfare Benefits In L.A. Count

Illegals Receive A Quarter Of Welfare Benefits In L.A. County

County Supervisor alarmed at amount of taxpayer funding going to illegals.

New statistics from the Department of Public Social Services reveal that illegal aliens and their families in Los Angeles County collected nearly $37 million in welfare and food stamp allocations in July 2008, announced Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich.

Twenty five percent of the all welfare and food stamps benefits is going directly to the children of illegal aliens. Illegals collected over $19 million in welfare assistance for July 2008 and over $17 million in monthly food stamp allocations, for a projected annual cost of $432 million.

Annually, the cost of illegal immigration to Los Angeles County taxpayers exceeds over one billion dollars, which includes $220 million for public safety, $400 million for healthcare, and $432 million in welfare allocations. This does not include millions of dollars for education.

“Illegal immigration continues to have a devastating impact on Los Angeles County taxpayers,â€

And they wonder why California is broke?

"Twenty five percent of the all welfare and food stamps benefits is going directly to the children of illegal aliens."

Thats why we have the highest sales, income and property taxes combined then anywhere in the US.

Just think if they legalized them it would be something like 70 percent!

The article above is not NEW it is from May 6, 2008
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Study: 25% of LA's Welfare Goes to Undocumented Immigrants

May 6, 2008, 5:42 AM PDT

L.A. County Supervisor Mike Antonovich says the county spends more than
$1 billion a year on benefits to undocumented immigrants.

According to new data from the Department of Public Social Services,
nearly twenty five percent of Los Angeles County 's welfare and food
stamp benefits goes directly to the children of undocumented immigrants, at
a cost of $36 million a month -- for a projected annual cost of $432
million.

"The total cost for illegal immigrants to County taxpayers far exceeds
$1 billion a year - not including the millions of dollars for
education," said Antonovich.

"With $220 million for public safety, $400 million for healthcare, and
$432 million in welfare allocations, illegal immigration continues to
have a devastating impact on Los Angeles County taxpayers."

The supervisor said, in March, undocumented immigrants collected over
$19 million in welfare assistance and over $16 million in food stamp
allocations.

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The high cost of so-called cheap labor.

This is the mayor's special project. He funds it by continually increasing our taxes. Money is no object when taking care of his own.

Are there any California politicians out there reading this article? No wonder that state is going broke.

CALIFORNIA IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN FOR BALANCED BUDGET

SACRAMENTO, CA (KGO) -- State lawmakers unveiled a package of 20 bills, aimed at saving money and balancing the state budget by targeting illegal aliens.

Assembly members want to chip away at the state deficit by checking the immigration status of those getting state-funded social benefits and jobs. They especially want to crackdown on those who have committed crimes.

"California is on a financial life raft that is sinking, but at the same time, we continue to pull on more and more people on board," said Assemblyman Jim Silva (R) of Huntington Beach.

Many of the proposals concentrate on criminal activity because in 2006 - 2007, it cost the state roughly $850,000,000 million dollars to incarcerate more than 17,000 illegal immigrants.

Among the proposals:

- Adding ten years to prison sentences for felonies if the illegal had been previously deported.

- Checking the immigration status of DUI offenders

- Requiring local law enforcement to cooperate with INS

- Denying bail for gang-related or violent crimes

- And reporting dangerous juveniles to Immigration and Customs Enforcement for deportation.

"To the extent we have criminal activity in our state, we should address it very, very vigorously" said state Senior Gil Cedillo (D) of Los Angeles, Vice-Chairman of the Latino Caucus.

"I think the law enforcement agencies in my city should be focused on crime and violence, which is starting to creep up," said San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom.

Assemblyman John Benoit(R) of Bermuda Dunes is a law enforcement veteran-turned politician, who says it's time cops are part of the solution.
"I have been involved in stopping, finding, and in some cases, deporting people here illegally. I think the rule of law is the reason the United States stands out among nations," said Assemblyman Benoit.

The federal government is supposed to help pay for jailing illegal immigrants who commit crimes, but California got reimbursed only $100,000,000 dollars last year, less than 13 percent of the actual costs.

http://abclocal.go.com:80/kgo/story?sec ... id=6042094

-- State lawmakers unveiled a package of 20 bills, aimed at saving money and balancing the state budget by targeting illegal aliens.




It's a novel thought on the part of those lawmakers who would sincerely like to make a difference, but as we all KNOW.....once the Reconquistas, who are in charge of CA, stop laughing, they will be sure nothing passes.


As for the amount of welfare benefits being handed to IAs each and every month in the state, I'd think that 25% is on the low side. They base that percentage on the anchor baby population. Can you imagine the abject fraud being committed by adults via identity theft?