Reform Federal programs that are administered by state and municipal Governments.
Limit eligibility to legal residents and citizens. Anyone who entered the country illegally, overstayed a visa, or did not apply for asylum prior to legal entry into the US, should be ineligible.
Require states and municipality that administer these programs to collect I-9's for every applicant.
Change the funding from upfront grants to eligible expense re-imbursement programs.
Use AI technologies to audit state and municipal administration of these funds. Use AI technologies to audit recipient eligibility.
Start criminally prosecuting employers who hire criminal illegal alien foreigners by violating Federal laws.
Use RICO to criminally and civilly prosecute organizations and organization officials for profit-ing from criminal illegal alien foreigner trafficking. If a BlackRock LLC is hiring school age illegal migrant workers to work the night shift cleaning crew at a meat packing plant, prosecute LLC and BlackRock corporate officers for operating a corrupt enterprise that profitted by preying on vulnerable criminal illegal alien foreigners.
If we need more foreign workers for entry level or menial jobs, reform the legal immigration system. If a member of Congress thinks that this is too difficult, that Congressman needs to find another job.
American Exceptionalism is doing hard things because they are hard. Difficultly is another frontier to be conquered by Manifest Destiny.