@DSAtas : Immigrants pay more than their fair share of taxes and make vital contributions to the United States. Despite their hard work and the fact that their wages are often low, immigrants are not eligible for food stamps or other basic safety-net services on the same basis as U.S. citizens.Food stamps are available only to U.S. citizens and limited categories of lawfully residing immigrants.Undocumented immigrants are not, and never have been, eligible for food stamps.
In 1996, most lawfully residing immigrants were cut from the Food Stamp Program, including many immigrants who had been living and working in the U.S. for several years. Recognizing the severe inequity and harm caused by this policy, Congress enacted two bills (in 1998 and 2002) restoring eligibility for some categories of immigrants.
However, most lawfully residing adults cannot receive food stamps on the same basis as citizens until they have been in the U.S. in a specified "qualified" immigrant status for five years.www.nilc.org/issues/ economic-support/foo dstamps/immigrationforum.org /article/fact-sheet- immigrants-and-publi c-benefits/www.gettingfoodstamp s.org/helpforimmigra nts.html

@HumbleGirl : Thanks, I wish people would quit putting inaccurate info about food stamps , etc on here

Great job

@HumbleGirl : Yet here is at least one source stating there is a program for cash assistance and medical care for refugees waiting for asylum:
www.dshs.wa.gov/esa/ community-services-o ffices/refugee-cash- assistanceHow else would they survive? They come with nothing. My bad for stating they get Medicaid and welfare assistance. Looks like it's just called something else.I learned about these benefits years ago when working for a UTMB maternal child clinic. It's under a different name than typical benefits for citizens. But it is indeed benefits from tax dollars.

@EastTexGal : Those are individuals here legally.

Those seeking asylum at our borders are released while they wait for asylum. This makes them temporarily legally here. This is the reason so many are requesting asylum at the border rather than just coming on in.

WORD SMITH IT ALL YOU WANT

 

Wouldn't it be nice if our country
did -NOT- spend any time/money/focus on
ALL THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH ILLEGAL ALIENS?

 

ALL THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH ILLEGAL ALIENS
consume TONS of time/money/focus (100% paid for with tax payer money)

 

THE ILLEGAL ALIEN PROBLEM IS A HUGE DRAIN ON OUR NATION.

 

THE ILLEGAL ALIEN PROBLEM IS A HUGE DRAIN ON OUR NATION FINANCIALLY.

 

Now and in the future.

 

ALL THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH ILLEGAL ALIENS
WILL WORK TO HURT OUR CHILDREN AND THEIR CHILDREN.
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@HumbleGirl : This is what I meant by recycling, these is by taking tidbits from various sources and then creating a new today's story.
theintercept.com/201 8/11/24/trump-border -military-deployment /
needtoknow.news/2019 /06/hundreds-of-migr ants-from-africa-who -dont-speak-eng
Here's an interesting way to look at headlines and see how the # of migrants varies just in headlines alone for different newsources.
On Long Journey Fleeing Violence, Hundreds of African Migrants ...
therivardreport.com/ on-long-journey-flee ing-violence-hundred s-of-african-miJun 11, 2019 - The 33-year-old arrived in San Antonio with his wife and two ... is one of around 250 migrants from Congo, Republic of Congo, and Angola that ...
Record number of African migrants coming to Mexican border - AP News
www.apnews.com/429f0 4067c38428ba0d06749b 53e6df0Jun 16, 2019 - Record number of African migrants coming to Mexican border ... from the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola. ... in Texas, federal officials dropped off dozens of them in San Antonio. ... the number of African immigrants it is processing this year, up from 2,100 in 2017.
Migrants from Congo and Angola arriving in San Antonio, Texas and ...
www.foxnews.com/.../ migrants-from-congo- and-angola-arriving- in-san-antonio-
Jun 17, 2019 - Since May 30th, more than 500 African migrants have been apprehended crossing the border in Texas, at the Del Rio Border Patrol sector south of San Antonio. That's 500 from Africa in less than a month, just two weeks. Most of them came from Congo, Cameroon and Angola.
Missing: 2017 ‎| Must include: 2017
African asylum seekers found temporary shelter in San Antonio ...
www.expressnews.com/ .../African-asylum-s eekers-found-tempora ry-shelter-in-.Jun 11, 2019 - Overall, the city's migrant resource center has aided over 14000 migrants since it opened at the end of March. ... The migrants from Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo ... More than 6,000 arrived in the last month alone. ... 5th deadliest in the country at the time of the attack in November 2017.
More Africans arriving in U.S. through Mexico
www.arkansasonline.c om/news/.../more-afr icans-arriving-in-u- s-through-m/Jun 17, 2019 - Many in Maine, San Antonio by Compiled by Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports ... a total of 25 migrants from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola were ... Guatemala and Mexico, taking about four months to reach Tijuana. ... of African migrants it is processing this year, up from 2,100 in 2017.
Border Patrol Leaves San Antonio to Sort Out Surge of African Migrants
www.texasmonthly.com › More Stories › NewsJul 2, 2019 - The city of San Antonio is doing its best to help migrants from Africa figure out what comes after their harrowing journeys. ... 400 migrants from Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo have arrived since early June.
Missing: 2017 ‎| Must include: 2017

@EastTexGal : This is a State run agency, which has zero to do with Texas dollars. What you are talking about at UTMB if anything is probably funded by private & charitable donations.

@tinytim : I wanted to show you this 2017 article about DelRio, but you probably already have known this. These are things I hear about Del Rio from people I know that have family there. www.smalltownweather .com/weather-blog/de l-rio-texas-flawed-p erception-texas

@chasinghosts : It was not a private fund at UTMB, sorry. It's been many years since I worked there but I do remember being told that the money was a fund set aside by the state of Texas "title somethingorother" in legislation only for "undocumented immigrant" prenatal and newborn care. It included WIC for all, and Medicaid automatically for the baby once born on our soil. It paid for ALL maternity related health care.

@HumbleGirl : THIS COUNTRY WOULD BE FAR BETTER OFF IF THEY WERE KEPT OUT.

@DSAtas : I wouldn't go that far or feel such hatred as exudes from your posts....But I am for border control - humane border control - in accordance with our laws. Since our laws allow for asylum - we have to allow it unless changed. That's not "a Democrat thing".

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asylum = the protection granted by a nation to someone who has left their native country as a political refugee.What % of the ILLEGAL ALLIENS do think are true asylum seekers?I am betting 99.9999% of the ILLEGAL ALIENS are not ASYLUM seekers.