The government website benefits.gov provides a breakdown of all benefits available in each state, including those that do not require full citizenship but only legalized status.
A WND review of the Senate’s immigration reform bill finds illegal aliens who are granted temporary provisional status will be able to obtain a litany of state public benefits, including state-run health care.
The discovery is contrary to claims by proponents of the immigration reform bill who have repeatedly insisted the newly legalized residents will not be eligible for public funds.
In a commercial that ran on television and talk radio promoting the legislation, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., implied the illegal aliens covered in the bill will not receive public benefits.
“No food stamps, no welfare, no Obamacare,” Rubio stated. “They’re gonna have to wait 13 years, they’re gonna have to pay fines, they’re gonna to have to learn English, they’re gonna to have to work, their gonna have to wait in the back of the line.”
Last month, a USA Today editorial was titled “Immigration bill plenty strict on benefits: Our view.”
The editorial said “it’s no surprise that the immigration bill pending in the Senate this week takes a hard line on benefits for the 11 million or so undocumented workers in this country.”
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