Posted on 03/10/2010 8:14:16 PM PST by Libloather
Report: One-fourth of welfare payments go to illegals
From wire service reports
Posted: 03/10/2010 07:08:55 AM PST
Nearly one-quarter of state welfare payments and food stamps issued in Los Angeles County go to children whose parents are in the U.S. illegally, according to January figures released today.
Supervisor Mike Antonovich offered the statistics, generated by the county's Department of Public Social Services, to help make the case for enforcing the nation's borders, establishing health care clinics on the border with Mexico and reimbursing local governments for unfunded state and federal mandates, according to his press deputy, Tony Bell.
The numbers show that more than $50 million in CalWORKS benefits and food stamps for January went to children born in the United States whose parents are in the country without documentation. This represents approximately 23 percent of the total benefits under the state welfare and food stamp programs, Antonovich said.
"When you add this to $350 million for public safety and nearly $500 million for health care, the total cost for illegal immigrants to county taxpayers far exceeds $1 billion a year -- not including the millions of dollars for education," Antonovich said.
Shirley Christensen of the Department of Public Social Services said, "Our mission is to aid people who qualify and are eligible to receive benefits. We're carrying out the laws, federal laws."
Christensen emphasized that those receiving benefits were eligible for aid as U.S. citizens.
Christensen confirmed Antonovich's figures related to CalWORKS and food stamps.
The figures related to public safety and health care were calculated by the relevant county departments on an annual basis, according to Bell.
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Juan MCCain and Lindsay Graham-nesty love illegals. This is why our country is bankrupt.
That’s just one county in Ca.....
But it’s for the children!
Not completely, Rats who think that they can spend infinite amounts of money are mostly to blame.
I wonder - does MOTOR VOTER still register all of them to vote?
I called LA County home for almost half a century. This article reveals one of the chief reasons I packed it in and moved to Texas.
California: 12 percent of the nation’s population and 30 percent of its welfare recipients.
Where there are FEWER illegals?
Cally ping.
Yes. If they refuse to register to vote, red flags go up. So, they just register to vote. Motor voter works exactly as the commie 'RATS intended it to work.
I remember hearing that it is a myth that just being born in this country automatically made you a citizen even if your parents are not. Is that true?
If it isn’t, then all these children receiving the benefits are US citizens and it’s absolutely hopeless.
If it is true, then there has to be a way to stop it...good grief!!
Unemployed workers throughout the USA losing homes, cars and trying hard to put food on the table, while the US government technically takes one-fourth (1/4) of the money it could be using for American citizens and throws it to the wind, blowing southward to Mexico. Attaboys in order for a corrupt political system that reward lawbreaking illegal aliens?
If we seriously went after waste and fraud, there would be no deficit. Oh, wait, congresscritters would just consider that ‘found money’ and spend it instead of balancing the books.
That's taxpayer loot.
I lived in Southern California. I now live in North Texas. Having lived in and seen both with my own eyes, I can say, yes, there are fewer illegals here.
However, the illegal immigrant situation was only one item on a laundry list of reasons that caused me to leave California.
I'll bet the BBQ smells better in Texas - eh?
Military term. Just how old are you?
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