Immigration Sponsors Should Repay Welfare

[Terri]

Immigration Sponsors Should Repay Welfare

Kelley Beaucar Vlahos
Fox News
March 23, 2003

WASHINGTON — Approaching yet another arena in the ongoing debate over United States immigration policy, Rep. Tom Tancredo says he wants immigrant sponsors to repay any public assistance used by their charges once they get here.

"State budgets are being strained to an incredible degree," Tancredo, R-Colo., said. "There is a federal law that can help."

Indeed there is. As part of the massive welfare reform overhaul of 1996, a section of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act requires all sponsors of immigrants under the family reunification visa to sign a pledge accepting liability for any welfare services obtained by the sponsored immigrant in the period before they obtain citizenship. Any programs used must be reimbursed by the sponsor.

The new law applies to all immigrants coming into the country under the family visa after Aug. 22, 1996.

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Sounds good! http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/twothumbsup.gif

[azwhitewolf]

Quote[/b] ]Not everyone agrees. Gabrielle Lessard, staff attorney for the National Immigration Law Center, called Tancredo "mean-spirited."

"I think this is just another example of scapegoating immigrants for the larger economic situation," Lessard said. "We’re talking about people who work and pay taxes here. Now they won’t want to use benefits because they won’t want to hurt their sponsors."

But they WOULD want to use benefits when they overrun our hospitals (and the taxpayers foot the bill), welfare and medicare benefits - THAT they don't mind, but their concern is for the sponsors "not having to pay"?

SOMEONE has to! http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/fire.gif

[Leelanau]

They SHOULD collect these unpaid dues! This would be another way to weed out all the illegals too! Kill two birds with one stone. If you don't have permission then you get a kick in the a$$! http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

[azwhitewolf]

At least a pointed finger in the direction of the Hospital's "Exit".

[SunnyBeaches]

We see a lot of people on the television yelling for
peace, but I have not heard of one plan for peace.
"Books, not Bombs" won't work. The head mullahs won't
let anyone read them. If they do, they poke their eyes
out.

Here's the plan:

1) The US will apologize to the world for our
"interference" in their affairs, past & present. You
know, Hitler, Mussolini,Tojo, Marshal Petain and the
rest of them good old boys. We will never "interfere"
again.

2) We will withdraw our troops from all over the
world, starting with Germany, France, South Korea and
the Philippines. They don't want us there. We would
station troops at our borders. No more sneaking
through holes in the fence.

3) All illegal aliens have 90 days to get their
affairs together and leave. We'll give them a free
trip home. After 90 days the remainder will be
gathered up and deported immediately, regardless of
who or where they are. France would welcome them.

4) All future visitors will be thoroughly checked and
limited to 90 days in America unless given a special
permit. No one from a terrorist nation would be
allowed in. If you don't like it there, change it
yourself, don't hide here Asylum would not ever be
available to anyone. We don't need any more cab
drivers.

5) No "students" over age 21. The older ones are the
bombers. If they don't attend classes, they get a "F"
and it's back home, baby.

6) The US will make a strong effort to become self
sufficient energy wise. This will include developing
non polluting sources of energy but will require a
temporary drilling for oil in the Alaskan wilderness.
The caribou will have to cope for a while.

7) Offer Saudi Arabia and other oil producing
countries $10 a barrel for their oil. If they don't
like it, we go someplace else.

8) If there is a famine or other natural catastrophe
in the world, we will not "interfere". They can pray
to Allah or whomever, for seeds, rain, cement or
whatever they need. Besides, most of what we give them
is stolen or given to the army. The people who need it
most get very little, if any, anyway.

9) Ship the UN Headquarters to an island some place.
We don't need the spies and fair weather friends here.
Besides, it would make a good homeless shelter or
lockup for illegal aliens.

10) All Americans must go to charm and beauty school.
That way, no one can call us "Ugly Americans" any
longer.

Now, ain't that a winner of a plan?

[Der Alte]

If Lessard thinks Tom Tancredo is so mean spirited, let Lessard pay the bills for the illegals and Tom would probably not be so mean. http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[pRIMrose]

Der Alte ~ I just knew I could depend on you to come up with a reasonable solution. http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/twothumbsup.gif http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif