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Should illegal immigrants get federal family benefits?

Opinion by Conn Carroll - 1h ago

With the mayors of New York City and Washington, D.C., already complaining about the strain migrants arrested for illegally crossing the southern border are putting on their budgets, is now really the right time to give illegal immigrants more tax dollars?



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Should illegal immigrants get federal family benefits?

Fortunately, Republican Sen. Mitt Romney’s Family Security Act contains a provision that ensures only those parents authorized to be in the country will receive benefits from the federal tax code.
The legislation, which provides families earning more than $10,000 a year with a $350 a month check for every child under 6 and a $250 a month check for every child between 6 and 17, is fully paid for by consolidating existing tax benefit programs and ending the state and local tax deduction, which predominantly benefits wealthy households.
By restricting eligibility for these payments to parents with Social Security numbers, illegal immigrants who only have individual tax identification numbers issued by the IRS will not be eligible for the program.
Under current law, millions of illegal immigrant parents are already collecting existing child tax credit benefits if their children have Social Security numbers. The Family Security Act would stop those payments to illegal immigrants.
With over 1.3 million illegal immigrants already caught and released into the United States under President Joe Biden, a population larger than nine states and double that of Washington, D.C., we need to make sure that policies designed to help American families are helping American families and not benefiting those who came here illegally.

Should illegal immigrants get federal family benefits? (msn.com)

Not one dime.

They LIE how many dependents they have and there is NO accountability.

They are coached liars. Here illegally, they are not "approved" for anything. They have not filled out documents. They are not approved to be here. They are in "limbo". They are not eligible to receive any of our benefits or privileges. And get their offspring OUT of our school system!

Their children ARE citizens of their country.

Deport the illegal parents with their offspring.

End birthright citizenship.

Are Arizona and Texas Sending Asylum Seekers To New York? Mayor Adams Thinks So

Murjani Rawls - 4h ago

As New York City is currently experiencing a surge in homelessness, New York City mayor Eric Adams claims asylum seekers are being bused to New York, Politico reports. The Root has previously reported on the ongoing struggle concerning New York’s homeless population. Adams launched an initiative to eliminate encampments while pledging more money for homeless services like drop-in centers and outreach programs.



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New York City Mayor Eric Adams testifies during a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on gun violence on Capitol Hill, June 8, 2022, in Washington, DC.

Mayor Adams has called for the Biden administration to assist, without which, he said, the city “may struggle to provide the proper level of support our clients deserve.”
Let’s consider a couple of economic factors for a second. N.Y rents are at an all-time high averaging upwards of $5,000 a month. Inflation is also at its highest point in 40 years. It has also been reported that landlords may be keeping affordable housing off the market to avoid renter protections established by New York’s Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019.
The Department of Homeless Services says that 48,188 people were sleeping in shelters recently despite these factors. According to city figures, this is up from about 45,000 three months ago. Mayor Adams claims 2,800 people have come in over the past six weeks and are being sent on buses by Texas and Arizona state governments.

From Politico:

“In order to both meet the legal mandate as a right-to-shelter city and provide high-quality shelter and services for those who enter our system, New York City needs additional federal resources immediately,” Adams said in a statement on Tuesday.

Texas has been busing migrants to Washington D.C. by charter buses, with Gov. Greg Abbott asking for private money. However, Abbott spokesperson Renae Eze says the claims by Adams are false.

“If these Democrat mayors are now that concerned about having migrants in their cities, they should call on President Biden to do his job and secure the border, instead of attacking Texas with baseless political accusations,” she said in a statement.

Legal Aid attorney Joshua Goldfein puts the spotlight right back on Mayor Adams. Goldfein cites factors such as “shortage of housing, reduced funding for city enforcement to prevent the source of income discrimination, a lack of lawyers to represent people in housing court” as to why homelessness remains an issue.
“There are all these other reasons why the census is increasing, and it doesn’t seem right to say that this group is the one that is most responsible for the increase unless they’re going to show us the data,” said Goldfein.

Are Arizona and Texas Sending Asylum Seekers To New York? Mayor Adams Thinks So (msn.com)