It’s important to define what the purpose of our public assistance programs are supposed to serve. For example, if a worker suffers a disabling injury after years of productive work, it would be reasonable for such a person to be able to draw benefits from the disability insurance into which he or she paid by mandatory payroll check deductions.
The same goes for those who lose their jobs due to no fault of their own. In fact, it would be a gross injustice to mandate by law that employers and employees pay into various funds only to deny benefits to workers who truly qualify.
That these benefit programs have gotten out of hand is beyond doubt. But the idea that those who pay into insurance plans should be able to draw benefits if truly deserving is sound.
On the other hand, awarding government benefits to immigrants, especially those who just arrived in the country is an abuse of our public assistance systems. More than that, it encourages those in other countries who are struggling to come to America just to get on the welfare rolls. In a sense, this amounts to stealing benefits from deserving Americans.
Mr. Trump has just announced that he wants to put an end to this abusive practice, which should, in itself, take away some of the desire from those who would quickly become welfare leeches from entering our country.
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One word changed welfare, “Obama”
Yes absolutely cut them off.
ABSOLUTELY!!
No immigrants should be allowed on welfare they never paid into it they don’t deserve to profit from it
Janice Sternik hussein obama
sick if immigrants coming here breeding like rats and working men and women paying for it
Yes, I love this news. We help only those young and old who needed help, not those able bodied who take advantage our system, we call the leeches…keep sucking our tax money…It’s time to go back to work, leeches…
F*#K immigrant welfare…… you want to come here legally I’m good with that, but you have to work, just like do. This country was built on the worker, not the lazy$#%&!@*looking for a handout…..
No illegals should be getting welfare
Starve the bastards out