Posted on 02/12/2024 5:52:22 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Washington state’s migrant population demands more benefits.
As Texas fights to keep illegal migrants out of its territory, other states are looking for ways to provide the undocumented with as many benefits as possible. Around 400 immigrants and their advocates marched to Washington’s state capitol building in Olympia to demand unemployment and health benefits causing some confusion since employers can get into trouble for violating federal laws stating employees must show proof of citizenship. “The people united, will never be divided,” chanted the crowd as they marched toward the steps of the Capitol in the Evergreen State. Led by the Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network (WAISN), the largest in the state with a coalition of more than 400 immigrant and refugee rights organizations, the protesters demanded legislation to better support migrants. They urged lawmakers to make a separate unemployment benefits system just for them so that people, no matter their immigration status, can cash in on unemployment benefits.
“They’re not just luxuries,” said Adrianna Suluai, policy director of LGBTQ+ rights organization Utopia Washington. “These are the care and safety nets that our communities need to thrive.”
Currently, Washington does not provide unemployment insurance to those here without legal residency documentation that gives them the right to work legally in the US. However, two Democrat-sponsored bills in the state legislature would create a separate “wage replacement” system for illegals. “While the bill has not moved forward, we will not stop,” said state Senator Rebecca Saldaña at the February 7 rally.
“We’re more than just a job permit. We also need health care. We also need a social safety net,” argued Catalina Velasquez, WAISN’s rally organizer. She continued:
“For every other workplace protection, people have the same rights no matter what their immigration status...
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Line them up and then ______________(you fill in the blank)
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Seriously????
My God what a stupid question!! Not worth answering
NO F-ing WAY!!!!!
the only thing they should get is pushed back across the border!
I say we ABOLISH all Taxpayer Funded Retirement plans for Public Employee’s and ABOLISH all Taxpayer funded Health Insurance for Public Employee’s so they can sign up for Obamacare, the BEST Health Insurance in America!!
Next step: allowed to vote.
How about 40 days to self deport then the roundups begin. Self-deportees MAY be allowed to return under a strict guest worked program. Forced deportees forfeit all possibility of return ever.
Hell no!
Just the beginning....
Once deported back to their home countries, let them apply there.
Saldana and Velasquez...
It’s always the same with the La Raza Racists...everything for them, over and over and over again, get the gringos to hand over everything
Illegals shouldn’t even get across the border
NO!
Washington state is more communist than any other.
Maybe a tough decision but hands down.
Next Step: Force you to take them into your home.
Hypocrites in government.
It’s okay for the state of Washington to go against the feds, where they want to give benefits to illegal aliens despite federal laws saying citizens get those benefits.
But it’s not okay for the state of Texas to go against the feds, where they want to support existing laws that the feds are not following, to protect our borders.
It’s a crazy time in the USA, where fools run rampant in government and in the public. The USA is busting apart like the demise of Rome in the past.
Welfare leeches. Check out who the coalition members are. Need to be published or linked here at FR.
I’ve been advocating this identification tactic here at FR for years.
The first rule of warfare is “KNOW YOU ENEMY”.
You’d be surprised how many Marxists, black fascists and Hispanic irredentists America haters are in them.
Know your enemy!!!
HELL NO.,,unless the Congress wants to give up their salaries and retirement.
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