{"id":2404634,"date":"2025-02-20T11:05:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T16:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-signs-order-to-yank-taxpayer-funded-benefits-from-illegal-aliens\/"},"modified":"2025-02-20T11:05:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T16:05:58","slug":"trump-signs-order-to-yank-taxpayer-funded-benefits-from-illegal-aliens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-signs-order-to-yank-taxpayer-funded-benefits-from-illegal-aliens\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Signs Order to Yank Taxpayer-Funded Benefits from Illegal Aliens"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-signs-order-to-yank-taxpayer-funded-benefits-from-illegal-aliens%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2404634&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a recent move to address\u2062 illegal immigration, President Donald Trump \u2064has signed an executive order aimed at terminating federal benefits for undocumented immigrants. the white House stated that this action is\u200c intended\u200b to stop &#8220;all taxpayer-funded \u200bbenefits for illegal aliens.&#8221; The \u200border references a 1996 welfare reform\u2064 that restricts\u2064 public \u2063benefits for those \u2062in the country illegally but suggests that\u200b previous administrations have weakened\u200d its enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>The order is \u200bseen as a response \u2062to President Joe BidenS immigration \u2062policies, which <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">include granting temporary parole<\/a> to large numbers of individuals from various countries, allowing \u2063them access to some \u200ctaxpayer-funded benefits after a five-year period. Trump\u2019s \u2062directive mandates that federal agencies review\u200c and\u2063 identify spending \u2063on benefits \u2062that violate the\u2062 1996\u2063 law, and it also discourages state\u2063 and\u200d local governments from utilizing federal funds for policies that may encourage illegal immigration.<\/p>\n<p>On\u2063 his first day in office, Trump had already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-mccarthy-says-biden-put-china-over-the-american-people\/\" title=\"Rep. McCarthy says Biden put China over the American ...\">signed multiple executive orders<\/a> \u200dregarding immigration,\u2063 including controversial \u200bmeasures concerning \u200bbirthright citizenship and asylum \u200bpolicies, some of \u2063which \u2063have been\u200d challenged in court.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump has signed an order aimed at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/there-are-11-million-unfilled-jobs-in-america-where-are-the-workers\/\" title=\"There Are 11 Million Unfilled Jobs in America \u2013 Where Are the Workers?\">ending federal benefits<\/a> for illegal aliens, the White House said Wednesday, marking his latest move in his crackdown on illegal immigration.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/white-house-explains-battle-associated-press-much-just-gulf-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">White House<\/a> said the order seeks to end &ldquo;all taxpayer-funded benefits for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/white-houses-valentines-day-card-illegal-aliens-goes-viral\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">illegal aliens<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The order noted that a 1996 welfare overhaul denies most public benefits to people in the country illegally but said that law has been gradually undermined. &ldquo;Over the last 4 years, in particular, the prior administration repeatedly undercut the goals of that law, resulting in the improper expenditure of significant taxpayer resources.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s words appear directed at former President Joe Biden&rsquo;s extensive use of parole authority to allow people in the country temporarily, including more than 900,000 through an online appointment app called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-asylum-seeking-migrant-stunned-trump-border-policies-go-effect-minute-sworn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBP One<\/a> used at border crossings with Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>Biden also granted parole to nearly 300,000 people from Ukraine and Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>People granted parole for at least a year are considered &ldquo;qualified non-citizens,&rdquo; making them eligible for some income-based benefits after five years. They include Medicaid and the Children&rsquo;s Health Insurance Program, which provides coverage to children in families that earn too much money to qualify for Medicaid, according to the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.<\/p>\n<p>Some states have shortened the five-year wait.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s order directs all departments and agencies to identify federal benefit spending that is inconsistent with the 1996 welfare law. It also seeks to ensure that state and local governments are not using federal funds for policies that support &ldquo;sanctuary&rdquo; policies or encourage illegal immigration.<\/p>\n<p>Trump signed 10 executive orders on immigration on his first day in office. They included ending automatic citizenship for people born in the United States and asylum at the southern border. 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Trump&#8217;s directive also instructs federal agencies to identify spending that contradicts the 1996 law and ensures state and local governments do not use federal funds in ways that support sanctuary policies or promote illegal immigration<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2404635,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0ae21c7fc10043af9960bf72276508ce-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[43064,50740,3634],"class_list":["post-2404634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-illegal-aliens","tag-taxpayer-benefits","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0ae21c7fc10043af9960bf72276508ce-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2404634"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2404638,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404634\/revisions\/2404638"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2404635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2404634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2404634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2404634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}