THE TRUMP EFFECT IS FABULOUS! ILLEGAL ALIENS TURNING DOWN WELFARE

Submitted by: W.G.E.N.

This is the best news I've read in a LONG time.  Now if that WALL gets built -(put all the new military into getting in SHAPE  - lose that excess fat - by having them do some REAL WORK instead of playing on those smart phones) - then the reality of no more freebies if they ILLEGALLY sneak into America.  Perhaps a strong message from POTUS that anyone caught here after a certain date will not only be deported but they will never be allowed to come back.

Jackie Juntti
WGEN  idzrus@earthlink.net
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http://redstatewatcher.com/article.asp?id=136246

The Trump Effect: Illegal Immigrants Are Turning Down Welfare

 





Immigrants are turning down government help to buy infant formula and healthy food for their young children because they’re afraid the Trump administration could bar them from getting a green card if they take federal aid.

Local health providers say they’ve received panicked phone calls from both documented and undocumented immigrant families demanding to be dropped from the rolls of WIC, a federal nutrition program aimed at pregnant women and children, after news reports that the White House is potentially planning to deny legal status to immigrants who’ve used public benefits. Agencies in at least 18 states say they’ve seen drops of up to 20 percent in enrollment, and they attribute the change largely to fears about the immigration policy.

The Trump administration hasn’t officially put the policy in place yet, but even without a formal rule, families are already being scared away from using services, health providers say.


“It’s a stealth regulation,” said Kathleen Campbell Walker, an immigration attorney at Dickinson Wright in El Paso, Texas. “It doesn’t really exist, but it’s being applied subliminally.”

Health advocates say the policy change could put more babies who are U.S.-born citizens at risk of low birth weight and other problems ­ undermining public health while also potentially fueling higher health care costs at taxpayer expense. WIC ­ formally the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children ­ serves about half of all babies born in the U.S by providing vouchers or benefit cards so pregnant women and families with small children can buy staple foods and infant formula. The program is also designed to support women who are breastfeeding.

Because it benefits babies, the vast majority of whom are U.S.-born citizens, WIC is among the least politically controversial programs that the administration is said to be targeting in its crackdown.

“The big concern for all of us in the WIC community is that this program is really about growing healthy babies,” said Rev. Douglas Greenaway, president and CEO of the National WIC Association. “When any population that’s potential eligible for this program is either driven away by changes in regulation or legislation or simply by political rhetoric inducing fear there are huge personal consequences to those babies and their families.”

The White House did not respond to requests for comment.