Ky bill would bar illegal immigrants from welfare

Ky bill would bar illegal immigrants from welfare

Thursday, March 15, 2012
The Associated Press


FRANKFORT, Ky. —


A bill intended to keep illegal immigrants from getting welfare benefits in Kentucky is up for a committee vote Thursday.


The measure is on the agenda for the Senate Judiciary Committee that meets at 10 a.m. in the Capitol Annex.


Republican Sen. Mike Wilson of Bowling Green is sponsoring the legislation that would require welfare applicants to present proof of their U.S. citizenship. Without that proof, applicants would be ineligible for the government benefits.

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The legislation is Senate Bill 118.

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There was not one mention of this Bill in the local papers or local News!

Stay frosty America, they are passing a lot of bad bills, behind closed doors!

I'll be calling! Thanks Steve :)
What is funny though, is that this SHOULD have been the law nationwide and mandatory all along..We've lost so much by supporting illegals.
All the more reason to stay on top and push these bills through now, maybe we can recover a fraction of what we have lost

Just reported on radio that this bill made it through committee.

It doesn't keep anchor baby citizens off welfare
and the state can't send a check to a minor,
so they send the check to their parents?

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Originally Posted by JohnDoe2

It doesn't keep anchor baby citizens off welfare
and the state can't send a check to a minor,
so they send the check to their parents?

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And they can't send it to an illegal either!

they should not have to vote it your Country you have every right .to stop any Illegal immigrants do they get welfare
at home ?
that BS I can not get any help from welfare . they have cell phone . & we pay for this & that another BS
get Obama out . this is all of his doing
NO amnesty or dream act

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Originally Posted by JohnDoe2

It doesn't keep anchor baby citizens off welfare
and the state can't send a check to a minor,
so they send the check to their parents?

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Originally Posted by stevetheroofer

And they can't send it to an illegal either!

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It woulld be great if it said that but,
The law says that illegal aliens are inelegible for welfare.
It does NOT say the anchor baby citizen's welfare check can't be sent to the illegal alien parent.

SB 118 (BR 1267) - M. Wilson, J. Bowen, J. Schickel, D. Thayer
AN ACT relating to restricting welfare and public benefits for illegal aliens.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 15 to require all applicants for public benefits to either present a secure and verifiable document verifying United States citizenship or submit an affidavit verifying legal presence in the United States; require an agency with an applicant who submits an affidavit to verify the person's legal presence in the United States using the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements or SAVE program to verify legal status; prohibit eligibility for a public benefit to any person whose legal presence is not verified within 30 days; require the Attorney General to post a list of secure and verifiable documents to be accepted as verifying legal presence in the United States; require the list to be reviewed and updated annually; create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to require the Transportation Cabinet to use the SAVE program to verify citizenship of applicants for an operator's license; prohibit the issuance of an operator's license if the legal presence of the applicant cannot be verified.

Jan 25-introduced in Senate
Jan 30-to Judiciary (S)
Mar 8-taken from Judiciary (S); 1st reading; returned to Judiciary (S)
12RS SB118