Donald Trump made his strongest move against illegal immigration yet on Wednesday, signing an executive order that stops taxpayer money from going to undocumented migrants.
The White House stated that Trump is ‘committed to safeguarding Federal public benefits for American citizens who are truly in need, including individuals with disabilities and veterans.’
Trump is demanding ‘corrective action’ to stop ‘all taxpayer-funded benefits for illegal aliens‘.
Currently, children are entitled to a free K-12 public education regardless of immigration status under a 1982 Supreme Court ruling.
Trump’s order says a 1996 welfare law is supposed to deny public benefits to most illegal migrants, but points out that overhaul was ‘repeatedly undercut’ under Biden.
He claims the Biden administration’s border crisis resulted ‘in the improper expenditure of significant taxpayer resources.’
The president also immediately ended his predecessor’s use of parole to allow people into America temporarily, including via the controversial CBP One app that allowed in 900,000 migrants at the Mexican border.
More than 500,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans who flew to the US at their own expense with a financial sponsor took advantage of the program.
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