Congress must pass the America First Act
— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) December 18, 2024
Federal benefits should go to U.S. citizens
Not illegal aliens pic.twitter.com/CY9UBIOoFM
According to Fox:
[The Act] would change the requirements outlined in the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act to explicitly exclude people in the country illegally, including those granted asylum, those who are paroled into the country or people being withheld from deportation.
These individuals would not be eligible to receive welfare benefits, including participation in programs such as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) or certain housing benefits.
Lee wrote in a statement “For years, Americans have been told that illegal immigrants are barred from receiving federal benefits to distract from Washington’s complete failure to secure our borders. This is a lie. Millions of illegal immigrants ‘paroled’ into the United States, many for fraudulent asylum claims, have gained the ability to access welfare and aid programs originally designed to help American families, not attract and support massive populations of foreign citizens. The America First Act pulls the plug on this criminal redistribution scheme forced upon the American people by Joe Biden and generations of dishonest politicians."
A recent analysis from the Center for Immigration Studies used data from the National Academies of Sciences to estimate the net cost of illegal aliens (not including their children) to the taxpayer over their lifetimes. As per their estimates, it came out to $80,000 (adjusted for inflation), based on the taxes they paid minus services used.
In other words, the 2 million illegals released into the U.S. interior under the Biden administration will have a lifetime cost to taxpayers of $150 billion, while the other 1 million gotaways will bring the total past $200 billion.
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