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发帖数: 252 | 1 In California, we have a special welfare program for illegal immigrants:
Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants
Illegal immigrants can also get food stamps in California, we call it
CalFresh. They simply have to show residency, with a utility or cell phone
bill. Typically, a family will have the mother and children apply
separately from the father. Since there is no US marriage certificate to
check, the family gets benefits as a single mother with children, which is
more substantial.
They can also receive free preschool for their children, even if the
children are not US nationals. Also, free breakfast and lunch for their
children at school, even if the children are not US nationals. They can
also receive subsidized rent, County Medical, in-state tuition rates at CSU
universities, etc... In San Diego County, we have both private firms and
county social workers will assist them in applying for all these programs.
In the old days, there used to be a lot of carrot farms here, carrots were
harvested by machine. When a lot of illegal immigrants came onto the scene,
they switched to strawberries. The farmers could make more money, but
strawberries needed to be harvested by hand, which was no longer a problem
with cheap labor. It changed the economics. It can also change back.
Anecdotally, I live in a neighborhood that is about 50% illegal migrants.
They are great people, and I call many my friend. Not a single one that I
know pays income tax or FICA. They earn black money. The live very
frugally, as they repatriate most of the money back home. We have three
food / produce trucks that park on our street and sell out of the back. All
cash. Unlicensed, un-taxed businesses. We even have a pop-up taqueria
every other weekend in front of someone's house. All cash of course. Every
night (literally) in San Ysidro, border patrol has to call the fireman /
paramedics to the border to transport a women in labor to the hospital.
They wait until they start labor, get driven to the border and use a couple
ladders to get up and then down to the US side They are immediately seen
and detained. By law, they must be taken to the hospital, where the baby /
new US citizen, is born at taxpayers expense. The mother can then apply for
residency as her child is a US citizen. In all honesty, I would do the
same. :)
When I speak to people about these things, who don't live on the border, don
't speak Spanish, and don't know any illegal immigrants, they don't believe
me. I, in turn, cannot believe that they don't know. This is common
knowledge.
I could go on and on about the scams, black economy, smuggling, pros, cons,
etc., of illegal immigration, but it would take hours. |
