Thread: Most Social Welfare Programs Closed to Illegal Aliens

Most social welfare programs closed to undocumented immigrants:

(Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune) Heather holds her foster twins, Amerie and Trace Delgado, as Amerie gets her finger pricked by Rosa Curletto at the Weber-Morgan Health Department's WIC clinic in Ogden. Heather is adopting the 2-year-olds and qualifies for the WIC program, a supplemental food and nutrition education program for women, infants and children.

By kirsten Stewart

The Salt Lake Tribune

First published Dec 30 2010 05:37PM

Updated Mar 23, 2011 12:26AM

Ogden Amerie and Trace Delgado submit to having their fingers pricked without a wince or whimper.

"They’re tough. They’ve been through a lot," said their foster mother, Heather, who on this December morning has brought the pajama-clad 2-year-olds to the Weber-Morgan Health Department for the blood draw and a nutritional assessment. She is adopting the Delgado twins knowing little about their medical histories, their heritage or the hurts wrought by poverty, crime and neglect. What matters is not "how they came" to her, but "that they came," she said. "We have room in our home and hearts."

It’s a philosophy shared by only a handful of the state’s social welfare programs.

Most public aid is off limits to undocumented immigrants. Only some food and emergency medical programs pay no regard to a person’s immigration status, such as the federally funded nutrition program, Women, Infants and Children (WIC), which the Delgado twins draw upon.

These health safety nets appear to cater disproportionately to immigrants, according to research by The Salt Lake Tribune . But contrary to popular belief, their claim on this aid doesn’t shut out American citizens.

"All eligible citizens qualify, so there’s no crowding out of citizens by illegal immigrants," said Jennifer Tolbert, a health policy expert at the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.

Still, those programs and other aid provided to families with undocumented members mean fewer tax dollars for other purposes, notes one Utah lawmaker. Undocumented immigrants can’t access the "big three" social supports: welfare, food stamps and Medicaid. But their citizen children can, and their numbers are growing.

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So, they have lots of kids that do qualify.

And the taxpayers have to pay for the K-12 education of anchor babies and illegal alien kids too.

And just like medicaid isn't paying for fertility drugs for illegal women and stand at the end of any checkout line at walmart on saturday or sunday and see how much public assistants they don't receive! If this article were in fact true they wouldn't all be flooding here like the Japanese Tsunami!

Undocumented aliens should not be allowed to remain in this Country to recieve any type of State or Government benefits. They committed crimes when they illegally crossed borders, and they will not recieve pats on their back for breaking U.S. laws. Deportation is the best solution for the entire illegal immigration problem.

There are more than a few unwed illegal mothers that have baby after baby to support themselves on welfare checks.

Undocumented immigrants can’t access the "big three" social supports: welfare, food stamps and Medicaid.

NY and NYC have those laws too BUT the 'Policy' applied to applications is "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" as long as they check the box that asks "Are you a citizen of the US?"

Now keep in mind that an IA checking that box is actually breaking yet another law BUT the 'Policy' is to never confirm or disprove.

Not crowding out Americans is not the point. They should not be recieving anything at all.

It's only part of the solution. I do believe that any emergency primary care should be provided to everyone, since human life should always be protected. But after that, if the process of getting medical attention raises a flag regarding the patient's documentation, the proper authorities should be called, just like the docs would call the cops if someone showed up at the ER with bad case of the bullets. But it's not enough. Until the US starts pressuring the Mexican government and working on a joint solution, it won't stop. No matter how bad it may be for illegals here, they come because it's even worse over at their home. The solution starts there.