Trump’s Commonsense Rule on Immigrant Welfare Use
By Mark Krikorian
August 13, 2019 6:30 AM
The welfare state is much bigger than just cash benefits.
The newly finalized rule about immigrant welfare use is 837 pages long, but it boils down to two things: Foreigners who can’t pay their bills shouldn’t be allowed to move here, and “welfare†doesn’t just mean cash benefits.
As to the first: The first comprehensive immigration law at the federal level was the 1882 Immigration Act, which, among other things, excluded anyone who was “unable to take care of himself or herself without becoming a public charge.†That principle — the “public-charge doctrine,†as it’s called — has been included in all subsequent immigration legislation, including the 1996 immigration and welfare-reform laws.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/08/immigrant-welfare-use-common-sense-rule/
