This does sound very much like California.
Illegal aliens getting welfare benefits for significantly longer periods of time than actual Americans in need?
From The Daily Signal:
The report found that $759 million in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families cash assistance was provided to 85,277 households nationwide in which a child qualified for benefits while a parent was living in the United States illegally.
And you wonder why California just ends up bleeding money year after year.
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or TANF, was created to provide temporary assistance to low-income families. TANF recipients are generally required to work and are limited to 60 months of benefits over a lifetime.
Because parents living in the country illegally are generally ineligible for TANF benefits, assistance in these cases is provided on behalf of eligible children living in the household.
Oh, ok.
So these kids of illegals get the same benefits as needy Americans, right?
Nope.
Unlike traditional TANF recipients, these child-only cases are not subject to federal work requirements or the program's five-year lifetime limit, allowing benefits to continue until a child turns 18.
While American families are limited to five years of TANF benefits, the illegal immigrants down the street just get to enjoy them for years and years until little José turns 18 (and probably just signs up for other benefits).
The report also found that, of the 85,277 affected households receiving TANF assistance in 2024, approximately 91.4% were also enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.
'In most cases, TANF cash assistance is layered on top of additional taxpayer-funded support and can even serve as a qualification for SNAP,' the report said.
Your tax dollars at work, folks!
You couldn't make it more ridiculous if you tried.
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