“Special” free benefits? Is that a qualifier?Duffy, I do want to say, I agree with you on a couple things you've said:
1. Hold companies accountable for hiring illegal immigrants, whether it fine, jail time, etc.
2. streamline and increase legal immigration to the United States. This is what I would call "legalizing people". If you actually give them a streamlined way to legally immigrate in appropriate numbers, we wouldn't have the mess we have now. We all know the US workforce depends on immigrants.
But I want to keep driving home one fact: Illegal immigrants DO NOT get any special free benefits.
The get free benefits...
California Is 1st State To Offer Health Benefits To Adult Undocumented Immigrants
Expanding health benefits to more undocumented immigrants was praised by state Democrats, but some Republicans worried about California becoming a "magnet" for migrants in search of coverage.
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“California has become the first state in the country to offer government-subsidized health benefits to young adults living in the U.S. illegally.
The measure signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday extends coverage to low-income, undocumented adults ages 25 and younger for the state's Medicaid program.”
This doesn’t take into account illegal aliens that obtain fake SS numbers and ID’s and then apply for benefits.
Do you ever wonder why we don’t hear about identity theft anymore? That’s because it was found that the vast majority of cases were illegal aliens using the identities of citizens for various purposes.
You can go down to MacArthur Park in LA and buy “fake” papers out in the open. I put fake in quotes because most of these come from stolen identities of real people.
A Walk in the Park for a Fake ID
If you want a fake identification card in Los Angeles, you'll probably head to MacArthur Park, where identities are sold by fraudsters operating in the open. Authorities break up the rings regularly but they can't stamp out the trade in bogus IDs.
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Our government (both parties) have an interest in increased illegal workers (so they can be exploited for labor and votes) so with their friends in the “news” business stories of ID theft have disappeared.