NY State Trying to Restore Welfare Access for Illegal Immigrants

[rangerrebew]

NY State Trying to Restore Welfare Access for Illegal Immigrants
Immigration restriction group argues states cannot flout federal law...

Posted by
Jose Nino
August 26, 2025
illegal immigration

People wait to apply for asylum between two border walls. / PHOTO: AP
(José Niño, Headline USA) The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) recently submitted a federal court brief challenging New York‘s request to restore Trump Administration funding, which was suspended after the state refused to say whether it was still providing public benefits to illegal aliens.

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) restricts public benefits to “qualified aliens” exclusively—a category that excludes illegal aliens. PRWORA additionally mandates that states verify they aren’t distributing public benefits to unqualified non-citizens.

Following PRWORA’s passage, then-Attorney General Janet Reno under the Clinton administration issued state waivers exempting them from this verification mandate. The Trump administration revoked these waivers and currently withholds federal funds from states like New York that decline to verify they aren’t providing public benefits to undocumented immigrants.

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[rangerrebew]

I see where Hochul wants to put a cork in the state's bleeding population.  Maybe she should take the one out of her *ss and drop this idea which is most assuredly going to increase the bleeding.

[Smokin Joe]

I see where Hochul wants to put a cork in the state's bleeding population.  Maybe she should take the one out of her *ss and drop this idea which is most assuredly going to increase the bleeding.

Yep!

[Wingnut]

Bus them from Alligator Ally to NY.