President Donald Trump signed an executive order that puts an end to using our tax money to benefit illegal aliens instead of Americans.
“My Administration will uphold the rule of law, defend against the waste of hard-earned taxpayer resources, and protect benefits for American citizens in need, including individuals with disabilities and veterans,” Trump wrote in the order.
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) prevents illegal aliens from welfare programs.
However, if the government grants them parole, the illegal aliens become “qualified aliens.” The classification makes them “eligible for various welfare programs on a sliding scale, with full eligibility granted within five years.”
(i) identify all federally funded programs administered by the agency that currently permit illegal aliens to obtain any cash or non-cash public benefit, and, consistent with applicable law, take all appropriate actions to align such programs with the purposes of this order and the requirements of applicable Federal law, including the PRWORA;(ii) ensure, consistent with applicable law, that Federal payments to States and localities do not, by design or effect, facilitate the subsidization or promotion of illegal immigration, or abet so-called “sanctuary” policies that seek to shield illegal aliens from deportation; and(iii) enhance eligibility verification systems, to the maximum extent possible, to ensure that taxpayer-funded benefits exclude any ineligible alien who entered the United States illegally or is otherwise unlawfully present in the United States.
The Director of the Office of Management and Budget and DOGE have 30 days to:
(i) identify all other sources of Federal funding for illegal aliens; and(ii) recommend additional agency actions to align Federal spending with the purposes
The fact sheet about the executive order claimed hundreds of billions of dollars have gone towards illegal aliens:
- According to the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), providing welfare to one million illegal aliens could cost American taxpayers an additional $3 billion annually.
- The U.S. House Homeland Security Committee estimated that taxpayers could pay as much as $451 billion to care for illegal aliens and gotaways that have entered the United States unlawfully since January 2021.
- The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) calculated that American taxpayers spend at least $182 billion annually to cover the costs incurred by the presence of 20 million illegal aliens and their children, which includes $66.5 billion in Federal expenses plus an additional $115.6 billion in state and local expenses.
- The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated that the Biden Administration’s open borders agenda, which sought to provide Medicaid-funded emergency services to illegal aliens, has cost Federal and state taxpayers more than $16.2 billion.
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