Ron wrote:
>
> On Apr 30, 9:37 am, Obama's Legion of Flash Mobs @ 7/11.nig wrote:
> > Exclusive�-Sessions: Immigration Bill Gives Amnestied Residents
> > 'Immediate' Access to Welfare
> >
> >
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/04/29/Exclusive-Immigrat...
> >
> > The immigration bill introduced to the Senate a week and a half ago
> > would, if passed, allow illegal immigrants to access state and local
> > welfare benefits immediately, Breitbart News has learned. The
> > financial impact of allowing potentially millions of immigrants onto
> > state and local public assistance could overwhelm these programs'
> > budgets.
> >
> > Senate Budget Committee ranking member Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
> > uncovered this loophole in the bill and many others, and he will
> > circulate a memo detailing the gaps in the bill on Tuesday. Breitbart
> > News exclusively obtained a copy of the memo before its public
> > release.
> >
> > �The Gang of Eight made a promise that illegal immigrants will not be
> > able to access public benefits,� Sessions said in a statement to
> > Breitbart News. �We already know that, once granted green cards and
> > ultimately citizenship, illegal immigrants will be able to access all
> > public benefit programs at a great cost to taxpayers. We have,
> > however, identified a number of loopholes that would allow illegal
> > immigrants to draw public benefits even sooner than advertised.�
> >
> > If the bill were signed into law, America�s 11 million illegal
> > immigrants would be legalized within six months, when Department of
> > Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano submits her border
> > security plan to Congress. Illegal immigrants would immediately be
> > eligible for Registered Provisional Immigrant (RPI) status, making
> > them legal to live and work in the country.
> >
> > As Sessions� staff points out in the memo, �state laws frequently
> > extend benefits to anyone �lawfully present� in the U.S.� The Sessions
> > team points to a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) brief
> > that details how the only requirement many state and local governments
> > have with regard to immigrant access to public benefits is that they
> > are �lawfully present.� The term �lawfully present� is a legal
> > definition.
> >
> > According to page 91 of the bill, all illegal immigrants granted
> > legalized RPI status would legally be considered �lawfully present.�
> > That section reads as follows:
> >
> > ��(4) TREATMENT OF REGISTERED PROVISIONAL IMMIGRANTS.�A noncitizen
> > granted registered provisional immigrant status under this section
> > shall be considered lawfully present in the United States for all
> > purposes while such noncitizen remains in such status, except that the
> > noncitizen�
> >
> > ��(A) is not entitled to the premium assistance tax credit authorized
> > under section 36B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;
> >
> > ��(B) shall be subject to the rules applicable to individuals not
> > lawfully present that are set forth in subsection (e) of such section;
> > and
> >
> > ��(C) shall be subject to the rules applicable to individuals not
> > lawfully present that are set forth in section 1402(e) of the Patient
> > Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18071).�
> >
> > In evaluating whether an illegal immigrant qualifies for RPI status,
> > Sessions� staff points out, the legislation �explicitly forbids� the
> > Department of Homeland Security from using current law, which blocks
> > entry to those who could become "public charges," i.e. dependent on
> > government welfare programs.
> >
> > �Therefore, when those here illegally who are unable to support
> > themselves are legalized, much of the immediate fiscal burden will
> > fall on state and local governments,� Sessions� staff wrote in the
> > memo.
> >
> > In addition to that loophole, Sessions and his staff found several
> > more loopholes that allow current illegal immigrants access to public
> > benefits even on the federal level before the promised wait time of 13
> > years from the bill�s passage.
> >
> > In the memo, Sessions� staff notes that current illegal immigrants who
> > are �granted RPI status will immediately become eligible for federal
> > benefits through citizen and permanent resident dependents, with no
> > requirement that they support their household as a condition of
> > receiving or maintaining legal status.� That means any current illegal
> > immigrant who subsequently has dependent children, who are, by right
> > of birth, U.S. citizens would qualify for federal welfare benefits
> > through them.
> >
> > CB
> > We're losing our country to a purposeful dilution of cultural,
> > language, faith and border by multicultural bigots who use race as a
> > tool to destroy America's sovereignty.
>
> You posted:
>
> "The immigration bill introduced to the Senate a week and a half ago
> would, if passed, allow illegal immigrants to access state and local
> welfare benefits immediately, Breitbart News has learned."
>
> Breitbart has learned nothing. It is against the law for illegals to
> receive welfare. It is NOT against the law for their children to get
> food stamp assistance (SNAP) through their school or day care.
>
>
http://snipurl.com/26xfnt3
>
> "The first of the Facebook post�s 10 claims -- that "more than 43
> percent of all food stamps are given to illegals" -- is ridiculously
> false. It isn�t mathematically possible given the number of illegal
> immigrants in the United States, and it ignores the fact that illegal
> immigrants can�t even receive food stamps legally."
>
>
http://blog.chron.com/immigration/2008/01/illegal-immigrants-on-welfare-fact-or-fiction/
>
> "To the contrary, undocumented immigrants are not eligible to receive
> any �welfare� benefits and even legal immigrants are severely
> restricted in the benefits they can receive."