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Politics : The Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (117155)	4/7/2019 7:55:35 PM
From: mel221	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 358636

>> Illegals are not eligible for federal food programs, if that's what you meant. You probably have data showing that no illegal alien since operation wetback (Eisenhower) has ever received assistance from federal food programs. I would love to see that data. I would love to see how poor mal nourished people prove their citizenship before receiving federal aid. You made the claim, now prove it is true.

To: Lane3 who wrote (117155)	4/7/2019 8:11:24 PM
From: Katelew	1 Recommendation Recommended By mel221 Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 358636

They get welfare benefits through their children. Once an illegal has a child born in the US, i.e. birthright citizenship, they can get the whole spectrum of benefits for that child. SNAP, Medicaid, rent vouchers, subsidies for their utilities, and many more. Each additional child adds to the sum total. The breadwinner of the family is eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit. On top of the EITC, Trump's new tax plan gives money back to the bottom layers of society thru the expanded child credit. In other words, even those who don't pay federal taxes can file for the new child credit now whereas previously, the exemption for each child could only be used to reduce the amount of taxes due.