{"id":2423178,"date":"2025-04-14T08:14:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T12:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doge-criminal-aliens-got-1-3-million-in-welfare\/"},"modified":"2025-04-14T08:17:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T12:17:11","slug":"doge-criminal-aliens-got-1-3-million-in-welfare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doge-criminal-aliens-got-1-3-million-in-welfare\/","title":{"rendered":"DOGE: Criminal Aliens Got $1.3 Million In Welfare\u00a0"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fdoge-criminal-aliens-got-1-3-million-in-welfare%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=2423178&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>The article discusses the impact of the Biden administration&#8217;s policies on illegal immigration and the associated costs to American taxpayers. It reports that the administration has provided at least $1.3 million in government benefits,such as Medicaid,student loans,and tax refunds,to paroled illegal immigrants,some of whom have criminal or terrorist backgrounds. The Department of Government Efficiency highlighted that over 6,300 paroled individuals, including some on the FBI&#8217;s terrorist watchlist, were admitted into the U.S. without proper vetting. <\/p>\n<p>In conjunction with these findings, the article cites a House Homeland Security Committee report accusing the Biden administration of using unlawful mass-parole schemes, resulting in over 10.8 million encounters with illegal immigrants during Biden&#8217;s presidency. The report indicates that illegal crossings have substantially declined under the Trump administration, which is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/border-agents-encounter-highest-ever-number-of-migrants-in-a-single-day-as-crisis-escalates-report\/\" title=\"Border agents face record number of migrants in one day amid escalating crisis: Report\">implementing stricter border security measures<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the article underscores the high rate of welfare benefits utilized by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dont-buy-the-medias-spin-about-illegal-border-crossings-being-down\/\" title=\"Avoid believing the media&#039;s claim of reduced illegal border crossings\">illegal immigrant households<\/a>, mainly due to children born in the U.S. that make parents eligible for assistance. In response to these issues, President Trump signed an executive order aimed at cutting federal benefits to illegal immigrants and reinforcing policies to protect taxpayer funding for american citizens in need. the piece emphasizes concerns regarding immigration policies, taxpayer burdens, and national security.  <\/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<div>\n<p>While the left goes about its little <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2025\/04\/07\/donald-trump-elon-musk-protest-liberals-hands-off\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;Hands Off!&rdquo; temper-tantrum,<\/a> their leaders have forced Americans to pick up the tab in government benefits for &ldquo;paroled&rdquo; illegal immigrants convicted of crimes &mdash; even suspected terrorists.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration paid out at least&nbsp; $1.3 million in Medicaid, student loans, tax refunds, and other federal government benefits and payments to thousands of paroled aliens with criminal or terrorist records, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/doge.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Department of Government Efficiency <\/a>(DOGE).<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Under the Biden administration, it was routine for [U.S.] Border Patrol to admit aliens into the United States with no legal status and minimal screening,&rdquo; the government fat trimmer said Friday in an X post.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Under the Biden administration, it was routine for Border Patrol to admit aliens into the United States with no legal status and minimal screening. So far, CBP identified a subset of 6.3k individuals paroled into the United States since 2023 on the FBI&#8217;s Terrorist Screening&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nSLwwaUmtb\">https:\/\/t.co\/nSLwwaUmtb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Department of Government Efficiency (@DOGE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DOGE\/status\/1910440762254250085?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 10, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">U.S. Customs and Border Protection <\/a>has identified a subset of 6,300 individuals paroled into the U.S. since 2023 who were included on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/investigate\/terrorism\/tsc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FBI&rsquo;s Terrorist Screening Center watchlist<\/a> or who have criminal records, DOGE reported.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These paroles have since been terminated with immediate effect,&rdquo; the agency added.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>All of the Biden administration parolees cut off had a Social Security number, according to DOGE.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The recipients included:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&rsaquo; 905 individuals (including 4 on the terrorist watch list) collecting $276,000 in Medicaid benefits.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&rsaquo; 409 who received net tax refunds for (2024 only) for a total of $751,000.<\/p>\n<p>&rsaquo; 22 picked up a total of $280,000 in federal student loans&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&rsaquo; 41 collected Unemployment Insurance, a combined $42,000 in benefits.<\/p>\n<p>&rsaquo; Several (final number to be determined) received Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (food stamp) benefits.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In total, taxpayers covered nearly $1,350,000 in government payments.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>&lsquo;The Message is Clear&rsquo;<\/h2>\n<p>&ldquo;It is clear that the&nbsp;Biden-Harris administration&nbsp;has intentionally used unlawful mass-parole schemes to shift hundreds of thousands of inadmissible aliens to ports of entry for release into the interior, often with little or no vetting,&rdquo; a House Homeland Security Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/homeland.house.gov\/2024\/10\/24\/startling-stats-factsheet-fiscal-year-2024-ends-with-nearly-3-million-inadmissible-encounters-10-8-million-total-encounters-since-fy2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a> released in October asserts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The report found Customs and Border Patrol recorded more than 10.8 million encounters with illegal immigrants over the run of the Biden presidency, 8.72 million of those at the Southwest border. Illegal crossings are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/03\/04\/illegal-border-crossings-february-decline-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">down sharply<\/a> in the opening months of the Trump administration, which has moved expeditiously to secure the border. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In March, the Border Patrol recorded around 7,180 Southwest border crossings. That compares to a monthly average of 155,000 crossings from the previous four years, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/national-media-release\/march-numbers-show-most-secure-border-history-operational-control\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to <\/a>the latest CBP data. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The message is clear: the border is closed to illegal crossings, and for those still willing to test our resolve, know this &mdash; you will be prosecuted, and you will be deported,&rdquo; Acting CBP Commissioner Pete Flores <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/national-media-release\/march-numbers-show-most-secure-border-history-operational-control\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> in a press release.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Center for Immigration Studies <a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Camarota-Testimony.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">estimates<\/a> 59.4 percent of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">illegal immigrant households receive welfare program benefits<\/a>. That&rsquo;s thanks in large part to the fact that more than half of illegal immigrant households include at least one child born in the United States who open up government benefits to the household.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Compared to the U.S.-born, illegal-headed households use every program at statistically higher rates, except for SSI, TANF, and housing. Illegal immigrants have especially high use of cash (mainly the EITC), food programs, and Medicaid,&rdquo; Steven Camarota, research director for the center, said in <a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Camarota-Testimony.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">testimony<\/a> during a House subcommittee hearing in September. Camarota&rsquo;s prepared remarks were titled, &ldquo;The Consequences of Illegal Immigration for Housing, Affordability, Government Budgets, and American Workers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In February, President Trump signed an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/fact-sheets\/2025\/02\/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-ends-taxpayer-subsidization-of-open-borders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">executive order<\/a> aimed at eliminating federal taxpayer-funded benefits to illegal immigrants. The order directs departments and agencies &ldquo;to identify all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/walsh-with-the-insane-equality-act-the-democrat-party-has-declared-total-war-on-reality\/\" title=\"WALSH: With The Insane \u2018Equality Act,\u2019 The Democrat Party Has Declared Total War On Reality\">federally funded programs<\/a> currently providing financial benefits to illegal aliens and take corrective action.&rdquo; It also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-do-most-americans-oppose-the-hyde-amendment\/\" title=\"Fact check: Do Most Americans Oppose The Hyde Amendment?\">prohibits federal funds<\/a> to states and local governments from being used to subsidize &ldquo;sanctuary&rdquo; policies that foster illegal immigration.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Under current welfare laws, specifically the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), illegal aliens are generally barred from welfare programs. But if they&rsquo;re granted parole, they are classified as &lsquo;qualified aliens&rsquo; and become eligible for various welfare programs on a sliding scale, with full eligibility granted within five years,&rdquo; the executive order <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/fact-sheets\/2025\/02\/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-ends-taxpayer-subsidization-of-open-borders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">states.<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;President Trump is committed to safeguarding Federal public benefits for American citizens who are truly in need, including individuals with disabilities and veterans.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Matt Kittle is a senior elections correspondent for The Federalist. An award-winning investigative reporter and 30-year veteran of print, broadcast, and online journalism, Kittle previously served as the executive director of Empower Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The left&#8217;s &#8220;Hands Off!&#8221; outcry comes as Americans fund benefits for paroled illegal immigrants, including criminals and suspected terrorists, costing over $1.3 million in federal aid<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":656,"featured_media":2423179,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-12-at-1.45.01-AM-1024x522.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[5835,50403,23466,4133,51397],"class_list":["post-2423178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-aliens","tag-crime-2","tag-doge","tag-news","tag-welfare-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-12-at-1.45.01-AM-1024x522.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2423178","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\/656"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2423178"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2423178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2423182,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2423178\/revisions\/2423182"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2423179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2423178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2423178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2423178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}