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DHS admits it does not track immigrants who become welfare dependent
 [DAILYCALLER] In a response letter to four top Republican politicians, the Department of Homeland Security revealed it initiated only one case against an immigrant for becoming a "public charge," or being primarily dependent upon the government, in fiscal year 2012. The case was later withdrawn.While the department's response to Republican Sens. Jeff Sessions, Chuck Grassley, Orrin Hatch and Pat Roberts' August oversight request offered an overview of the centuries-old federal public-charge restrictions, it noticeably avoided several of the senators' direct questions and demonstrated potentially significant inadequacies in record-keeping by immigration officials, who legally should be enforcing public-charge rules for immigrants both inside and outside of the country. The response, for example, failed to explain why immigrants are only assessed for their potential reliance on just two of the more than 80 federal means-tested welfare programs when the government determines if they are "public charges" prior to their entry into the U.S. -- meaning that they are likely to become primarily dependent on federal aid for subsistence after arriving. The DHS letter, penned by Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs Nelson Peacock, further failed to respond to the four Republican senators' data requests pertaining to the the total number of visa applicants from 2001-2011 that were denied on public-charge grounds, or numbers on those who were granted visas despite a public-charge finding. Other than as a jobs source for relatives of politicians, the DHS has turned into a net loss. It should be high on the Publican list of agencies to fold.
Posted by: Fred 2013-02-14 |
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