MEXICO’S
LOOTING of AMERICA BY INVITATION OF THE DEMOCRAT PARTY!
SHOULD WE
START HELPING AMERICANS BY PUTTING THEM IN AMERICAN JOBS HELD BY MEXICANS???
Legal loophole allows illegal immigrant to collect
welfare
Updated: Tuesday,
November 19 2013, 08:32 PM CST
Reported by: Chris Papst
HARRISBURG -- In Pennsylvania, it is illegal for illegal aliens to collect welfare. But CBS 21 found a loophole in the system that allows undocumented immigrants to collect your tax dollars legally.
What’s more, during this investigation, we learned that the state can’t stop them.
Earlier this month, CBS 21 interviewed a whistleblower - a former case worker at the Department of Public Welfare. For five years, it was her job to issue benefits based on eligibility.
And for five years, she issued thousands of tax dollars to illegal alien households. “They walk into a government office and say, ‘Give me my welfare,’” she said. “They came to me all the time.”
In Pennsylvania, a Social Security number is required to collect most welfare – something illegal immigrants don’t have.
But their children, if born in America, do. And once that first child is born, the household becomes eligible for the same benefits, under the same requirements, as if the parents were legal citizens.
The more kids they have, the more assistance they get. The DPW whistleblower said illegal immigrants know this when they come to Pennsylvania.
It works like this: if an eligible Lancaster County household headed by an undocumented immigrant has one child, the family gets $215 in cash assistance and $189 a month in food assistance.
For each additional child, the numbers are adjusted. So if a family has five children, all of whom are citizens, the household would get $1,357 a month just in cash and food. The children would also be eligible for medical assistance.
Census data from 2010 shows that 59 percent of Pennsylvania households, headed by an illegal resident, receive welfare, the fifth-highest percentage of any state.
But CBS 21 couldn’t find a report to translate this loophole into dollars. We went to Auditor General Eugene DePasquale to see if the Commonwealth could do an audit.
"It would be very challenging for us because that would mean we would have to go to every county assistance agency,” said DePasquale. “If that's happening here, we can't be the only state in the country confronting that.”
The AG is correct. This does happen in other states. In fact, it happens in every state. Federal law dictates that County Assistance Offices are “non-reporting” agencies. Meaning that if a known illegal immigrant walks into a government welfare building, they are not reported to authorities.
"You can get fired for that,” the whistleblower said in reference to reporting illegal immigrants. “That is what they tell you."
“We don’t need welfare workers and county agencies becoming immigration agents. That’s not their job,” Andy Hoover of the ACLU said.
He added that this issue is about supporting kids, not the legal status of immigrants. He fears that if case workers report illegal immigrants it will create a culture of fear and parents won’t seek help for their children.
“If we create a situation where someone could be reported by agencies, then we create a permanent underclass of people many of whom are legal citizens,” Hoover said.
Rep. Bryan Cutler of Lancaster County said this is about principle. Welfare workers, as government employees, should report illegals who apply for assistance because they’re breaking the law.
“I think that, and wish, the federal government could give us more autonomy so we could better manage those resources and make sure we got those resources to people who best need it. And in this case, to the taxpayers who paid for it,” Cutler said.
The Pew Hispanic Center estimates there are 160,000 illegal immigrants living in Pennsylvania. There are pieces of legislation currently moving through the legislature concerning illegal immigrants collecting welfare.
Reported by: Chris Papst
HARRISBURG -- In Pennsylvania, it is illegal for illegal aliens to collect welfare. But CBS 21 found a loophole in the system that allows undocumented immigrants to collect your tax dollars legally.
What’s more, during this investigation, we learned that the state can’t stop them.
Earlier this month, CBS 21 interviewed a whistleblower - a former case worker at the Department of Public Welfare. For five years, it was her job to issue benefits based on eligibility.
And for five years, she issued thousands of tax dollars to illegal alien households. “They walk into a government office and say, ‘Give me my welfare,’” she said. “They came to me all the time.”
In Pennsylvania, a Social Security number is required to collect most welfare – something illegal immigrants don’t have.
But their children, if born in America, do. And once that first child is born, the household becomes eligible for the same benefits, under the same requirements, as if the parents were legal citizens.
The more kids they have, the more assistance they get. The DPW whistleblower said illegal immigrants know this when they come to Pennsylvania.
It works like this: if an eligible Lancaster County household headed by an undocumented immigrant has one child, the family gets $215 in cash assistance and $189 a month in food assistance.
For each additional child, the numbers are adjusted. So if a family has five children, all of whom are citizens, the household would get $1,357 a month just in cash and food. The children would also be eligible for medical assistance.
Census data from 2010 shows that 59 percent of Pennsylvania households, headed by an illegal resident, receive welfare, the fifth-highest percentage of any state.
But CBS 21 couldn’t find a report to translate this loophole into dollars. We went to Auditor General Eugene DePasquale to see if the Commonwealth could do an audit.
"It would be very challenging for us because that would mean we would have to go to every county assistance agency,” said DePasquale. “If that's happening here, we can't be the only state in the country confronting that.”
The AG is correct. This does happen in other states. In fact, it happens in every state. Federal law dictates that County Assistance Offices are “non-reporting” agencies. Meaning that if a known illegal immigrant walks into a government welfare building, they are not reported to authorities.
"You can get fired for that,” the whistleblower said in reference to reporting illegal immigrants. “That is what they tell you."
“We don’t need welfare workers and county agencies becoming immigration agents. That’s not their job,” Andy Hoover of the ACLU said.
He added that this issue is about supporting kids, not the legal status of immigrants. He fears that if case workers report illegal immigrants it will create a culture of fear and parents won’t seek help for their children.
“If we create a situation where someone could be reported by agencies, then we create a permanent underclass of people many of whom are legal citizens,” Hoover said.
Rep. Bryan Cutler of Lancaster County said this is about principle. Welfare workers, as government employees, should report illegals who apply for assistance because they’re breaking the law.
“I think that, and wish, the federal government could give us more autonomy so we could better manage those resources and make sure we got those resources to people who best need it. And in this case, to the taxpayers who paid for it,” Cutler said.
The Pew Hispanic Center estimates there are 160,000 illegal immigrants living in Pennsylvania. There are pieces of legislation currently moving through the legislature concerning illegal immigrants collecting welfare.
POVERTY in PENNSYLVANIA....poverty
for Americans spreads across the nation as the democrat party expands the LA
RAZA MEXICAN WELFARE STATE nationwide!
One in four Pennsylvania workers earn poverty wages
OBAMAnomics:
"The politicians don’t care about the working and young people. We have billions in student loan debts, but they don’t help us, but they give billions to the wealthy."
By
Douglas Lyons
2 September 2013
2 September 2013
One in four Pennsylvanian
workers, and two out of three workers under 24, are paid poverty wages
according to a recent report released by the Keystone Research Center.
IN MEX-OCCUPIED CA, 25% OF
THE POPULATION LIVE BELOW THE POVERTY LEVEL AND MORE THAN HALF OF ALL JOBS GO
TO ILLEGALS USING STOLEN SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS. YOUR STATE…???
THE
ENTIRE REASON THE BORDERS ARE LEFT OPEN IS TO CUT WAGES!
http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2012/03/assualt-on-american-worker-joe-legal-vs.html
"We could cut unemployment in half
simply by reclaiming the jobs taken by illegal workers," said
Representative Lamar Smith of Texas, co-chairman of the Reclaim American Jobs
Caucus. "President Obama is on the wrong side of the American people on
immigration. The president should support policies that help citizens and legal
immigrants find the jobs they need and deserve rather than fail to enforce
immigration laws." REP. LAMAR SMITH
MEXICO BANKRUPTS CALIFORNIA HOSPITALS - MEX CONSULATES
URGE LOOTING OF LEGALS
more at this link –
JUDICIALWATCH.org
While the Obama Administration halts deportations to work on its secret amnesty plan, hospitals across the U.S. are getting stuck with the exorbitant tab of medically treating illegal immigrants and some are finally demanding compensation from the federal government
how do the la raza dems build their party base of illegals? no borders, no enforcement, no E-VERIFY, no legal need apply AND MUCHO DREAM ACTS of WELFARE, OBAMACARE and now food stamps.
Heritage: Amnestied Illegals Will
Get $9.4T in Benefits; Increase Debt $6.3T'
what is the REAL cost of all that “CHEAP” Mexican labor? Add
it up and then factor in the MEXICAN CRIME TIDAL WAVE and the fact that the
MEXICAN now operate in 2,500 American
cities!
more at this link – post on your Facebook and email broadcast
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