Likely voters say 'hell, no' to Democrats' free health care for illegals -Rasmussen

[mystery-ak]

June 29, 2019
Likely voters say 'hell, no' to Democrats' free health care for illegals -Rasmussen
By Monica Showalter

It would seem to be a no-brainer that free health care for people who've broken into our country with no vetting wouldn't be a popular idea. Free health insurance for MS-13,  human-smuggling cartels, and everyone else who makes it across? Step right up. All Democrats on Thursday night's debate stage raised their hands together for it.

And well, a Rasmussen poll now shows what the public thinks of that specter. According to Breitbart News:

    About 5-in-9 likely U.S. voters oppose proving free health care to illegal aliens that American taxpayers pay for, a poll this month finds.

    A Rasmussen Reports survey this month asked 1,000 likely U.S. voters their opinions on the sanctuary state of California’s latest law that provides full health care benefits to low-income illegal aliens who are under the age of 26-years-old.

    About 55 percent, or 5-in-9, likely U.S. voters overall said they opposed providing even the lowest income illegal aliens with taxpayer-funded health care in their state. Only about 31 percent of likely voters said they supported the giant subsidy program.


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https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/06/likely_voters_say_hell_no_to_democrats_free_health_care_for_illegals_rasmussen.html

[austingirl]

Why would any citizen vote to elevate the non-citizen lawbreaker ahead of the citizen?

[Chosen Daughter]

Why would any citizen vote to elevate the non-citizen lawbreaker ahead of the citizen?

I know a couple.  You have to wonder about them.

[Cyber Liberty]

I know a couple.  You have to wonder about them.

They're easy to spot.  They use terms like "Doing the jobs lazy Americans won't do."

[Chosen Daughter]

They're easy to spot.  They use terms like "Doing the jobs lazy Americans won't do."

I know at least 3


LOL!  yeah right on TBR.  Wasn't thinking of that but your right.

[EdJames]

This voter says "Hell No!" to both Democrats and illegal aliens!!

[Chosen Daughter]

This voter says "Hell No!" to both Democrats and illegal aliens!!

Me too!

[Wingnut]

5 out of 9?   Seriously? 

[jmyrlefuller]

Why would any citizen vote to elevate the non-citizen lawbreaker ahead of the citizen?

I was going to say: only 55%? I mean, even a socialist realizes that encouraging more takers to come in would collapse the system.

[Chosen Daughter]

Why would any citizen vote to elevate the non-citizen lawbreaker ahead of the citizen?

You should read this.  The article says almost word for word the question you asked.  Democrats voting to allow illegal immigrants to vote.

https://dailycaller.com/2019/03/08/house-encourages-illegals-vote/

[Free Vulcan]

They're easy to spot.  They use terms like "Doing the jobs lazy Americans won't do."

Which is the irony of ironies. Don't liberals want a $15/hr 'living wage' because people can't make it on the current minimum wage?

Yet they want a zillion illegals to come here and work for $7.50/hr or less because 'Americans are too lazy to do those jobs' even though a $15/hr minimum wage that they so desperately want would help negate that problem.

And I'm not even going to touch the issue that a huge number of illegals that skip work and go straight to welfare.

[Chosen Daughter]

Which is the irony of ironies. Don't liberals want a $15/hr 'living wage' because people can't make it on the current minimum wage?

Yet they want a zillion illegals to come here and work for $7.50/hr or less because 'Americans are too lazy to do those jobs' even though a $15/hr minimum wage that they so desperately want would help negate that problem.

And I'm not even going to touch the issue that a huge number of illegals that skip work and go straight to welfare.

Not here in Washington.  They even want to pay the illegal immigrants in prison.


State of Washington files lawsuit to pay illegal immigrant prisoners minimum wage
Published on September 22, 2017  |  By 2ANews.us 
In Illegal Immigration, Laws & Legal Challenges, Videos



Washington AG files lawsuit to force prison to pay illegal immigrant prisoners $11 per hour
Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a lawsuit on Wednesday to force a state prison to pay its illegal immigrant prisoners a minimum wage of $11 per hour.



The lawsuit was filed against The GEO Group, a private prison corporation that operates approximately 150 detention centers in the United States.

On any day, Geo’s Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma Washington houses up to 1,575 illegal immigrant prisoners. The prisoners are held in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody as they wait for either deportation or a hearing. While in custody, prisoners can volunteer for a work program where they perform food service, maintenance, janitorial, or other prison tasks. For their work, the prisoners are paid $1 per day or receive snacks and treats. ICE currently reimburses Geo only $1 per detainee work shift in its detention facilities.

According to the non-profit, non-partisan Prison Policy Initiative group, prisoners in the United States are paid an average of $3.45 per day for such services. However, many states provide less than $1 per day, and some provide no compensation at all. Prisoners typically volunteer or compete for prison jobs by meeting approved behavior or other requirements. The vast
majority of paid prison jobs involve custodial, maintenance, grounds keeping, or food service. Regular prison jobs are still entirely unpaid in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, and Texas.........


https://www.2anews.us/illegal-immigration/2017/09/22/state-washington-files-lawsuit-pay-illegal-immigrant-prisoners-minimum-wage/


And they can also claim Workers Comp regardless of whether they are illegal.  Even if they are working under the table.

https://www.soundimmigration.com/washington_immigrants_right_to_workers_comp/

[bilo]

It would seem to be a no-brainer that free health care for people who've broken into our country with no vetting wouldn't be a popular idea.

I think most Americans don't understand how legal chain migration is worse because we are already paying for the grandparents, or parents, of legal immigrants.

One small example, I have an elderly Serbian lady moving out of an apartment. She and her husband came here on her son's visa. Her husband fell ill and later died. I believe that was covered by medicaid. The son and daughter paid their mom's rent. Now she is moving into senior section 8 housing, so tax payers are going to cover her rent. In the same building this woman lived in are an older lady in her 90's and an older man in his 80's. These two tenants are American citizens and worked all their lives. Why aren't they being given the free housing instead of the lady who doesn't even speak english?

[Chosen Daughter]

And:

This was 2012.

Washington Taxpayers Foot $2.7 Billion Annual Bill for Illegal Immigration

(October 15, 2012 - Washington, D.C.) - A new study by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) estimates that illegal immigration costs taxpayers in Washington State about $2.7 billion annually. The average Washington household headed by a U.S. citizen bears an annual burden of about $970 to cover the costs associated with illegal aliens in the state. Moreover, the costs associated with illegal immigration are about equal to the amount lawmakers had to slash from the state budget to close a projected shortfall.

https://www.fairus.org/press-releases/washington-taxpayers-foot-27-billion-annual-bill-illegal-immigration

Imagine what it is today.

[Cyber Liberty]

Not here in Washington.  They even want to pay the illegal immigrants in prison.


State of Washington files lawsuit to pay illegal immigrant prisoners minimum wage
Published on September 22, 2017  |  By 2ANews.us 
In Illegal Immigration, Laws & Legal Challenges, Videos



Washington AG files lawsuit to force prison to pay illegal immigrant prisoners $11 per hour
Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a lawsuit on Wednesday to force a state prison to pay its illegal immigrant prisoners a minimum wage of $11 per hour.



The lawsuit was filed against The GEO Group, a private prison corporation that operates approximately 150 detention centers in the United States.

On any day, Geo’s Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma Washington houses up to 1,575 illegal immigrant prisoners. The prisoners are held in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody as they wait for either deportation or a hearing. While in custody, prisoners can volunteer for a work program where they perform food service, maintenance, janitorial, or other prison tasks. For their work, the prisoners are paid $1 per day or receive snacks and treats. ICE currently reimburses Geo only $1 per detainee work shift in its detention facilities.

According to the non-profit, non-partisan Prison Policy Initiative group, prisoners in the United States are paid an average of $3.45 per day for such services. However, many states provide less than $1 per day, and some provide no compensation at all. Prisoners typically volunteer or compete for prison jobs by meeting approved behavior or other requirements. The vast
majority of paid prison jobs involve custodial, maintenance, grounds keeping, or food service. Regular prison jobs are still entirely unpaid in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, and Texas.........


https://www.2anews.us/illegal-immigration/2017/09/22/state-washington-files-lawsuit-pay-illegal-immigrant-prisoners-minimum-wage/


And they can also claim Workers Comp regardless of whether they are illegal.  Even if they are working under the table.

https://www.soundimmigration.com/washington_immigrants_right_to_workers_comp/

 

Great post, thanks!  Very informative, as always.  Nice links...

[Fishrrman]

"Only about 31 percent of likely voters said they supported the giant subsidy program."

ONLY 31% ??

That number is scary.

This suggests that one out of three Americans DO support the notion of free health care to illegals, if this poll is anywhere correct.

Numbers like this suggest that in not too many more years, those numbers might rise high enough to enable the socialist/communists to gain power.

[Formerly Once-Ler]

If the free health care doesn't include gender reassignment I would also say 'hell no.'

[Chosen Daughter]

Great post, thanks!  Very informative, as always.  Nice links...

thank you.  I am not sure that most people realize how extreme the liberals have become on the West Coast.  Its nuts.  Especially California and Washington.  They do everything to protect the illegals here.  To give them everything.  They rob us to pay for the illegal aliens while they roll out the red carpet to satisfy people who come illegally.

[Snarknado]

I was going to say: only 55%? I mean, even a socialist realizes that encouraging more takers to come in would collapse the system.

Only 55% is really pretty scary - more like "hell, maybe" than "hell, no".

On the plus side, opposition in the swing states might be considerably higher.