No. Of Illegal Aliens On Welfare Doubles In Nevada

Last Updated: Tue, 11/03/2009 - 12:51pm

A relatively new federal program that allows illegal immigrants to use their American-born anchor babies to collect welfare for the entire family has expanded nationwide and nearly doubled in a western state that already spends hundreds of millions of dollars to provide undocumented residents with public services.

The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program (TANF) was created by the U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services a few years ago so that illegal aliens could get monthly welfare checks to help support the entire family.

It is the only public assistance program where parents can apply in their children’s name as opposed to applying in their own.

It also does not require parents to demonstrate that they are in the U.S. legally since most aren’t.

[u][b]In Nevada alone, the TANF program’s caseload has grown 96% since the recession hit the state like an atomic bomb two years ago. A news report reveals that around 4,250 of the families receiving the benefit in Nevada have “mixed immigration status.â€