Do illegal aliens really get food stamps, and other assistance?
474429
no this is a fallacy they do not have verifiable social security numbers which you need for public assistance, also those that work often pay taxes and social security on stolen social security numbers and they don't get anything back
1013978
They can try for scholarships, but that is going to be rough.  Many undocumented/illegals do not want to call attention to themselves because they are afraid of getting deported.  They are not eligible for  any federal money.  They may or may not be eligible for in-state tuition rates at colleges.  Sometimes the wording on an application asks to prove residency in the state to get in-state rates, but they don't always ask if they can prove national residency.
1112881
yes you can go to welfare and ask them what to do you. they will help you find a house that is affordable to you get food stamps if you need them and cash if you need that and they also have other resources that you can ask them about.
196711
Only if they go thru the legal process. It already is. Illegals take away a lot. They don't pay taxes, but we pay for thier kids school, doctors and hospital, emergency services, and sometimes food stamps.
329406
They get paid under the table and tell the welfare office they aren't working. Or they're involved in some other illegal act to make money. Those are the people who will always want somethin for nothin. These are the same people who will go to a restaraunt and throw a fit about something with intentions of getting a free meal. I understand that some people work really hard and still don't have much. It's possible to be down on your luck but not for your whole life. It sucks that the tax payers have to suffer for all the people who take advantage of the system.
693522
Don't forget that these illegals are stealing.  "The phrase "cheap labor" is  a myth, a farce, and a lie. There is no such thing as "cheap labor." Take, for example,an illegal  Mexican who sneaks in here with his wife and five children. He takes a job for five or six dollars an hour. At that wage with six dependents \nhe pays no income tax, yet at the end of the year gets an "earned income credit" of up to $3,200 free. He qualifies for Section 8 housing and subsidized rent, food stamps, and free (no deductible, no co-pay) health care. His children get free breakfasts and lunches at school, and require bi-lingual teachers and books that taxpayers provide. He doesn't have to worry about car insurance, life insurance, or home owners insurance. Taxpayers provide Spanish language signs, bulletins, and printed material.  He cannot be fired, harassed, or sued. He and his family receive the equivalent of $20 to $30 an hour in  benefits, while working Americans are lucky to have $5 or $6 an hour left after paying their bills and his, and paying for increased crime, graffiti, and trash cleanup.  Cheap labor?   My ace.  I call it theft, even if we "leave the keys in the car."
1143271
You are 100% correct and I agree with everything you said here.  As well, yes, there are American citizens on welfare (some don't deserve it, either) but the distinction here is that they ARE AMERICAN CITIZENS and our welfare system is to help AMERICAN  CITIZENS, NOT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS!  Also, definitely NO green card or "path to citizenship" for illegals presently in the country - deport them ALL and stop saying it is impossible - yes, it is possible.  It may take time, but it is possible and it can be done and I am sure it will cost less than what they cost us while living in the country illegally.  Let them apply for a temporary worker visa AFTER they leave the country on their own steam - if they don't and are later deported, NO CHANCE FOR A TEMPORARY WORKER PASS OR LEGAL ENTRY BACK INTO THE USA EVER AGAIN, because they passed up their chance to do it the right way.  No rewards WHATSOEVER for illegal immigrants because that is sending the wrong message to other would-be illegals and that is also telling those who have sacrificed and waited in order to immigrate legally, that we don't respect them for doing it the right way.
569732
Thanks for asking this! You bring up the real issue, the real crisis surrounding millions of illegal aliens living in the USA. Fact is they do NOT contribute to our economy because they don't pay taxes. To make matters worse, they send quite a bit of the tax free money they make back to Mexico. Then to make matters really worse they use our hospitals for medical care because, that's right, in the ER no doctor will (or should) refuse to provide medical care based on the ability to pay. Hospital's are not allowed to ask whether you are legal or illegal. Going to the ER for anything is very expensive but since illegal aliens don't have insurance or a social security card or any form of ID that identifies them as a citizen of this country, they can't go see a regular family physician. Guess who pays the hospital bill?????? You guessed it! All of us taxpaying suckers. Don't even get me started on food stamps. Oh yeah, didn't you hear that some illegal aliens are getting food stamps. Did you also hear that some are getting housing assistance???? Did you know it is now considered taboo to ask about residency status??? How about our prisons? Do you have any idea how many illegal aliens are sitting in our prisons receiving medical care, 3 meals a day, clothing and clean sheets???? Yeah, we also pay for that. Oh and wait!!! don't forget the education of their children in our public schools. Who pays for that???? Oh yeah, that's right, the taxpayers. \n\nYou are absolutely right!!! This is not about race!!!! There is a far greater crisis at hand. There is no way the amount illegal aliens contribute by working (tax free) can even begin to scratch the surface of what they take from our economy. This is criminal! This is illegal! If they are illegal send them home!\n\nPlease teach us a lesson! Go home, we will learn how to pick our own vegetables and do our own laundry!
944003
Of course not. How could that be possible? our government wouldn't do that to us would they? Now to research this question I called the government and asked them. They said no. They also said we don't have an illegal alien problem. Oh sure maybe a few, 20 million tops, undocumented workers but not an illegal alien invasion. You trust the government to do what is in your best interest don't you? Here check this out:\nhttp://www.jonesreport.com/articles/131006_food_stamp.html\n\nThey advertise on KAMERICAN to inform you of these great giveaway programs don't they?\nRead far enough and you find this;\n\nIn 2004, Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service and the Mexican Embassy agreed to jointly disseminate brochures and create the public service announcements.\n\nThe agreement led Mexican Consul Luis Miguel Ortiz Haro to tout the food stamp program on Univision's KMEX Channel 34 six weeks ago.\n"This program is not welfare. It won't affect your immigration status," Ortiz Haro said on television.\n\n"The program is a right, and if we don't use it, it's a privilege that will pass you by."\n\nDo I believe illegals are the recipient of services bought and paid for by American Citizens....you bet I do.
757831
Exactly...but to here pro-illegals talk:  "They are not a burden."  LOL\n\nBlah...you are blah.  Americans citizens and in most cases their ancestors have been paying into taxes for years and years and years.  Part of being a citizen who pays taxes is being able to take advantage of governmental services.  Yes...believe it or not our government believes in giving back to its taxpayers by offering them sometimes needed welfare, food stamps and medical benefits.  They were not, however, designed to support individuals who are not "putting anything back into the pool."  Those individuals happen to be illegal aliens.
664137
They get free child care, free medical care, food stamps, earned income tax refunds, in-state tuition, and lots of other stuff that struggling, single parent mothers don't get.  They have consulates in major cities to direct them to all the freebies, and they don't pay taxes.  They steal identities...in Utah we have over 8,000 children under 12 who has had their identities (social security number) stolen....they buy cars, get jobs and buy houses with stolen identities and work through "front" mortgage companies to buy their homes.  Man, whatalife! No wonder there is a rush to the border.....\n\nBut sooner or later the Real Legal, the Legal Immigrant will be bankrupt because of the horrific cost of these folks.
411843
" (i'm sure most of these comments are from people who are on the assistance and aren't working"\n\nWrong Answer Sweetie\n\nCITIZEN TAXPAYERS Fund The VERY Systems That Your Shootin Your UNINFORMED Mouth Off About\n\nHEALTH, EDUCATION, And WELFARE Are Set Up For, And FUNDED By\nTAXPAYERS So The Children Of CITIZENS Get Medical Benefits,\nAnd The Children Of CITIZENS Get An Education, And The Children Of CITIZENS Get Welfare Benefits (WIC Etc.)\n\nIts NOT Set Up For ILLEGAL Immigrants To Have Their Babies So They Can Get Free Benefits Out Of The Pockets Of TAXPAYERS\n\nThose Programs Are There For CITIZENS And WE THE PEOPLE Are NOT Going To Allow You To Take ADVANTAGE Of Us Any Longer\n\n\nLet Me FURTHER Educate Your Dumb@$$ And  Explain To You That Unemployment IS NOT HIGH\n\nILLEGAL Immigrants Comprise 5 Percent Of The Workforce\nAnd The Unemployment Rate Is 4.7 Percent\n\nCan YOU Do The Math??? Let Me Do It FOR You\nDEPORT ALL ILLEGALS--Unemployment Drops To ZERO \n\nStop BASHING Hardworking American Citizens\n\nGet An Education, Youve Got ALOT To Learn
504917
I work in a hospital and the real truth is that YES illegal immigrants are stretching our system. Several immigrants have babies everyday at my hospital, at least 25-30 week, which is not cheap, the government pays for these hospital visits no matter what the income of that person is, Yet if an American citizen comes in for help and doesnt qualify for welfare medicaid and doesnt have private insurance, there is no help, his or her credit is reuined and they are charged for the bill whether it be $ or $200,000. Americans should be upset by this.
880161
At times we are not given that choice like the fact that the government is running ads on Spanish TV Telling  illegals that they can get food stamps.So sometimes we aren't told about it until we find out about it.Then Americans get very very upset and rightly so.
801486
Nice! \nDemocrats all the way baby!!!\n\nRe: Mei-Lin...You have no knowledge of assistance programs if you are going to make the claim that people that receive assistance simply are refusing to work. Taxes fund lots of programs such as social security and Medicare--do you want to take that assistance away from your grandparents? If not why then are so programs people deserving of and others they are not according to you? Are you aware that the large majority of people seeking welfare do not actually get it? In 1996 the nation had a major welfare reform. Welfare is no longer an entitlement program. If people seek welfare and they are able to work they typically receive no cash assistance. These programs are not easily accessable. So, that FAMILY may go without food or housing or heat until that parent can find a job. Is that ok with you? Do you want children going hungry? And, the majority of people receiving welfare are on it short-term, an average of 1-3 years. Also, people receiving welfare overwhelmingly have major life problems. A large percentage of recepients have a history of domestic violence, learning disabilities, mental illnesses...and the list goes on. Thus, these are not parents refusing to work these are parents with significant barriers to healthy life functioning, which includes maintaining employment. There will always be people that need help in any society and if those people do not recieve adequate help it will negatively effect the society. \nSecondly, in your republican mantra you stated that people should get their money back because they work hard. Question...city services among many other things need to be funded do you understand that that requires taxing people? It always seems that conservatives fail to see that taxing is necessary to provide citizens adequate services. You get something in return for the money you pay.
390855
That's a lie not all American kids get food stamps. Those Mexicans can go and get them before an American do. Not there is no REASON that illegal immigrates should live here. They need to go back where they come from.
714474
yes it does.... when ever money is being spent it helps the economy.  I don't agree with illegal aliens working here but it still doesn't change the fact that it does help the economy..........