Monday, September 03, 2018

Immigrants drop out of nutrition programs over citizenship fears

The New York Post reports:
Legal and illegal immigrants alike are turning down government help to buy infant formula and healthy food for their kids because they fear that Team Trump could ban them from ever getting a green card if they get aid, a report said Monday.

President Trump recently proposed denying citizenship or even green cards to any immigrants who accepted federal benefits, including welfare, children’s health insurance, ObamaCare and the Women, Infants and Children federal nutrition program.

And local health providers and advocates across the US, including in the Big Apple, say they’re getting calls from panicked immigrant families demanding that they be dropped from the WIC program, Politico reported.
It appears that not all immigrants get 1600 on their SAT and have great paying jobs...