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Friday, May 24, 2019

Trump signs memorandum requiring immigrant sponsors to pay for social services

President Trump is signed a memorandum Thursday that will enforce a 23-year-old provision requiring sponsors of legal immigrants in the U.S. to reimburse the government for any social services such as Medicaid or welfare used by the immigrant, Fox News has learned.

The provision was part of the 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA) and Welfare Reform laws that were signed by then-President Bill Clinton, but despite being enshrined in federal law, the rule has not been enforced.

Under the provision, each future sponsor of an immigrant would need to sign an affidavit that would spell out the financial responsibilities for the sponsored immigrant and create a collection mechanism to recover funds from the sponsor. The Department of Health and Human Services is to collect the data of the sponsors and the immigrants, while the Treasury Department would collect the funds.

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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-memorandum-requiring-immigrant-sponsors-pay-social-services

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Don't want to burst your bubble but this is the way it's always been...

Anonymous said...

911-It was signed into law under Billy Clinton, but it actually was never enforced.

Anonymous said...

Please read the article

Anonymous said...

9:11- You should try reading before you troll.

Anonymous said...

Go ahead Trump.

Anonymous said...

Oh yeah, baby. That's what I'm talkin' about.