DOJ: States Must Report Undocumented Immigrants to Keep Their Welfare Funding

DOJ: States must report undocumented immigrants to keep their welfare funding

A new DOJ opinion ties welfare funding to reporting undocumented immigrants statewide. Here's what changes — and which families are really at risk.

States Must Report Illegal Immigrants To Feds Or Risk Losing Federal Welfare Funding: DOJ

States Must Report Illegal Immigrants To Feds Or Risk Losing Federal Welfare Funding: DOJ Authored by Troy Myers via The Epoch Times, States must alert the federal government to known illegal immigrants when they opt into receiving certain federal welfare benefits, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Wednesday. The move withdraws a 1998 DOJ opinion and clarifies that under a 1996 welfare-reform law - the Personal Responsibility and Work Op…

In Historic Shift DOJ Threatens Billions in Cuts to States Refusing to Report Illegals

The new standard put forward by the Justice depart is stated as such: when a state chooses to participate in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) programs, all agencies within that state — not only those that administer TANF or SSI benefits — must report individuals known to be not lawfully present in the United States to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

DOJ: States Must Report “Illegals” Or Lose Poverty Aid

CNBC reports: All states going forward must report undocumented immigrants known to be in a state to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security or risk losing federal funding for programs meant to aid low-income individuals, the Department of Justice said in a new legal opinion. The DOJ, in issuing the opinion, revised the Office of … The post DOJ: States Must Report “Illegals” Or Lose Poverty Aid appeared first on Joe.My.God..

DOJ: States Must Share Immigrant Data With DHS or Risk Losing Federal Funds

The Department of Justice‘s (DOJ) Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) issued a Sept. 1 opinion requiring all states to report undocumented immigrants known to be present to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The DOJ confirmed the order in a statement Wednesday, Sept. 2., with the new guidance stating that failure to comply could result […]