Trump Administration Moves To Penalize Immigrants For Using Government Benefits

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Source: npr




August 20, 20182:15 PM ET



Omolara Uwemedimo says it's hard to imagine what her parents, who immigrated to New York from Nigeria decades ago, would have done if they had had to choose between food stamps and getting their green cards.

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.....................Many of the details haven't been finalized. But the idea has already sparked warnings about the consequences for immigrant families, and the nation's health care system.

"Those families are now at a crossroads," said Uwemedimo, a pediatrician at the Cohen Children's Medical Center in Lake Success, N.Y. She sees a large number of immigrant families from Nassau and Suffolk counties and nearby Queens.

Uwemedimo and her staff make a point of asking patients upfront if they qualify for benefits — including food stamps, or subsidized health insurance. But now Uwemedimo is finding that many of her patients are wary about signing up, because they've heard that doing so could hurt their chances of getting a visa for a family member to visit, or hurt their own chances of getting a green card.

"They're saying we want our family to stay together," said Uwemedimo. "A lot of families have decided that they don't want to engage [out of] fear." ..................................

Read more: https://www.npr.org/2018/08/20/640262463/trump-administration-moves-to-penalize-immigrants-for-using-government-benefits

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These are legal immigrants. my god! What are we becoming!!!



A woman packs crates at a weekly free food pantry in the Bronx in New York City. The Trump administration is considering penalizing legal immigrants for using government benefits such as Medicaid and food stamps.
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****NOW THIS***



The White House
‏Verified account @WhiteHouse
20m20 minutes ago

Our country proudly welcomes newcomers who contribute to our society, uphold our values, and obey our laws.

Failure to enforce our legal immigration system hurts immigrants, hurts American families, and hurts our entire nation.

Read President Trump's full letter:...........

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[Roy Rolling]

1. Illegal Immigrant

Start with Melania Trump who falsified a Visitor visa application to hide her work in America. And then bringing her parents along for the ride.

Start with immigrant Melania taking jobs away from legal immigrant models.

[Solly Mack]

2. Vile, disgusting, piss-poor excuse for a human.

[pazzyanne]

3. Someone give this lunatic sleep medication in his bedtime coke!

He is not getting enough sleep between lying awake thinking up cruel policies and then tweeting half the night his pure nonsense. Sleep deprivation can do a lot of damage, in this case, to our country.