CLEAR DISCRIMINATION: SNAP Still Gives Preference to Illegals Over American CitizensTHE CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES is a great resource for all the facts on illegals and taxpayer dollars. Patty and I were lucky enough to attend a two-day workshop with them in DC. The main fact that stuck with us is that the current immigration system is UNSUSTAINABLE They used facts and figures to lay out the truth for us and it was frightening! This is why it is even more frightening that the feds are STILL giving preferential treatment to illegals when it comes to SNAP.CIS s David North gives us the low down:It s been six months since Donald Trump took office, and some families with illegal aliens get food stamps (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP) while identical all-citizen families of the same size and with the same income do not receive them.This is not a question of treating illegal aliens like other residents of this country, it is clear-cut discrimination against citizens and in favor of illegals.This long-standing (and peculiar) arrangement is the sort of thing that one would expect to be corrected by the third, if not the first, month of a new get-tough-on-illegal-immigration administration, such as that of the campaigning Donald Trump.I checked with the Department of Agriculture s Food and Nutrition Service this week, the $110 billion-a-year agency that runs food stamps and some other nutrition programs.Two questions were on my mind: 1) does the food stamp program still, under a particular set of circumstances, operate with this anti-citizen bias, and 2) has the Trump administration made an appointment of one or more outsiders to help run the agency?The answer to the second question came quickly: No, but there is a civil servant running the program on an acting basis who was placed in that job by the White House. Does an agency have to have a budget of, say, $200 billion a year before the administration notices its existence?It took a little longer to get the answer to the first question, because the nature of the discrimination is subtle and a lot of professionals in the welfare business do not want to make the distinction between legal and illegal residents of this country.Here s how the system works: Illegal aliens are not allocated food stamps, but if the family is mixed, with some citizens and some illegals, the mixed family still gets some benefits. States are allowed, to some extent, to pick and choose among benefit-determination methods. Most states have chosen a technique that does not record some of the earnings of illegal aliens, while always recording all the income of citizens.Let s look at the system as applied to two similar families who live in adjacent houses; both have incomes of $2,400 a month, both have the same assets, both families consist of a working male, his stay-at-home spouse, and their stay-at-home toddler. The only difference is that one of the men is a native-born citizen and the other is an illegal alien. Everyone else in the two households is a citizen.OK, so far. Now let s walk through Alice s special mirror, and see how the government handles the situation. It sees the three-citizen family as three people and says that $2,400 a month is too high an income for food stamps. It looks at the other family and sees it as a two-member family, because the man is an illegal, and then   here s the key   the government decides that only two-thirds of the family income should be counted, and that $1,600 is not too high for a family of two, hence the family with the illegal alien in it gets food stamps and the other family does not.There are bands of income in which this situation plays out with different sized families, giving benefits to some mixed families, and denying them to all-citizen families of the same size and with the same income. For more on these strange arrangements, see the CIS report  An Aid Program that Routinely Discriminates in Favor of Ineligible Aliens .That s the way it was under Obama, and after I explained the (admittedly bizarre) matter to the Food and Nutrition Service publicist, she told me that it remains that way under Trump.This story is symptomatic of two larger realities. Both the Obama and Trump administrations managed to conduct big immigration operations to their own liking; think of DACA with Obama, and, under Trump, the way that enforcement people were given the freedom to do their jobs.But Obama was much more successful in the minutia of immigration policy than Trump; for years I wrote about this little move to admit a small class of migrants, or that little move that prevented another subclass from being deported. We are not seeing that, or maybe not yet, with the Trump administration. You can t change policy, at least at the retail level, without people to write and push the new policies.So an unknown but substantial number of mixed (illegals plus citizens) families are getting food stamps when equally poor neighbors, who happen to be in all-citizen families, go hungry.Read more and please check out the CIS websiteJESSICA VAUGHAN OF CIS DISCUSSES EXPEDITED REMOVAL OF ILLEGALS UNDER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION:Please use this website as a resource for facts when it comes to immigration!Government News
clear discrimination snap still gives preference illegal over american citizensthe center for immigration studies great resource facts illegal taxpayer dollars patty i lucky enough attend workshop dc the main fact stuck us current immigration system unsustainable they used facts figures lay truth us frightening this even frightening feds still giving preferential treatment illegal comes david north gives us low it six months since donald trump took office families illegal aliens get food stamps supplemental nutrition assistance program snap identical families size income receive question treating illegal aliens like residents country discrimination citizens favor peculiar arrangement sort thing one would expect corrected third first month new administration campaigning donald checked department agriculture food nutrition service week agency runs food stamps nutrition questions mind food stamp program still particular set circumstances operate bias trump administration made appointment one outsiders help run agency the answer second question came quickly no civil servant running program acting basis placed job white house does agency budget say billion year administration notices existence it took little longer get answer first question nature discrimination subtle lot professionals welfare business want make distinction legal illegal residents system works illegal aliens allocated food stamps family mixed citizens illegal mixed family still gets benefits states allowed extent pick choose among methods most states chosen technique record earnings illegal aliens always recording income look system applied two similar families live adjacent houses incomes month assets families consist working male spouse toddler the difference one men citizen illegal alien everyone else two households far now let walk alice special mirror see government handles situation it sees family three people says month high income food stamps it looks family sees family man illegal key government decides family income counted high family two hence family illegal alien gets food stamps family bands income situation plays different sized families giving benefits mixed families denying families size income for strange arrangements see cis report an aid program routinely discriminate favor ineligible aliens way obama i explained admittedly bizarre matter food nutrition service publicist told remains way story symptomatic two larger realities both obama trump administrations managed conduct big immigration operations liking think data obama trump way enforcement people given freedom obama much successful minuta immigration policy trump years i wrote little move admit small class migrants little move prevented another subclass deported we seeing maybe yet trump administration you change policy least retail level without people write push new unknown substantial number mixed illegal plus citizens families getting food stamps equally poor neighbors happen families go please check cis websitejessica afghan of cis discusses expedite removal of illegal under the trump administration please use website resource facts comes immigration government news
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: CLEAR DISCRIMINATION: SNAP Still Gives Preference to Illegals Over American CitizensTHE CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES is a great resource for all the facts on illegals and taxpayer dollars. Patty and I were lucky enough to attend a two-day workshop with them in DC. The main fact that stuck with us is that the current immigration system is UNSUSTAINABLE They used facts and figures to lay out the truth for us and it was frightening! This is why it is even more frightening that the feds are STILL giving preferential treatment to illegals when it comes to SNAP.CIS s David North gives us the low down:It s been six months since Donald Trump took office, and some families with illegal aliens get food stamps (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP) while identical all-citizen families of the same size and with the same income do not receive them.This is not a question of treating illegal aliens like other residents of this country, it is clear-cut discrimination against citizens and in favor of illegals.This long-standing (and peculiar) arrangement is the sort of thing that one would expect to be corrected by the third, if not the first, month of a new get-tough-on-illegal-immigration administration, such as that of the campaigning Donald Trump.I checked with the Department of Agriculture s Food and Nutrition Service this week, the $110 billion-a-year agency that runs food stamps and some other nutrition programs.Two questions were on my mind: 1) does the food stamp program still, under a particular set of circumstances, operate with this anti-citizen bias, and 2) has the Trump administration made an appointment of one or more outsiders to help run the agency?The answer to the second question came quickly: No, but there is a civil servant running the program on an acting basis who was placed in that job by the White House. Does an agency have to have a budget of, say, $200 billion a year before the administration notices its existence?It took a little longer to get the answer to the first question, because the nature of the discrimination is subtle and a lot of professionals in the welfare business do not want to make the distinction between legal and illegal residents of this country.Here s how the system works: Illegal aliens are not allocated food stamps, but if the family is mixed, with some citizens and some illegals, the mixed family still gets some benefits. States are allowed, to some extent, to pick and choose among benefit-determination methods. Most states have chosen a technique that does not record some of the earnings of illegal aliens, while always recording all the income of citizens.Let s look at the system as applied to two similar families who live in adjacent houses; both have incomes of $2,400 a month, both have the same assets, both families consist of a working male, his stay-at-home spouse, and their stay-at-home toddler. The only difference is that one of the men is a native-born citizen and the other is an illegal alien. Everyone else in the two households is a citizen.OK, so far. Now let s walk through Alice s special mirror, and see how the government handles the situation. It sees the three-citizen family as three people and says that $2,400 a month is too high an income for food stamps. It looks at the other family and sees it as a two-member family, because the man is an illegal, and then   here s the key   the government decides that only two-thirds of the family income should be counted, and that $1,600 is not too high for a family of two, hence the family with the illegal alien in it gets food stamps and the other family does not.There are bands of income in which this situation plays out with different sized families, giving benefits to some mixed families, and denying them to all-citizen families of the same size and with the same income. For more on these strange arrangements, see the CIS report  An Aid Program that Routinely Discriminates in Favor of Ineligible Aliens .That s the way it was under Obama, and after I explained the (admittedly bizarre) matter to the Food and Nutrition Service publicist, she told me that it remains that way under Trump.This story is symptomatic of two larger realities. Both the Obama and Trump administrations managed to conduct big immigration operations to their own liking; think of DACA with Obama, and, under Trump, the way that enforcement people were given the freedom to do their jobs.But Obama was much more successful in the minutia of immigration policy than Trump; for years I wrote about this little move to admit a small class of migrants, or that little move that prevented another subclass from being deported. We are not seeing that, or maybe not yet, with the Trump administration. You can t change policy, at least at the retail level, without people to write and push the new policies.So an unknown but substantial number of mixed (illegals plus citizens) families are getting food stamps when equally poor neighbors, who happen to be in all-citizen families, go hungry.Read more and please check out the CIS websiteJESSICA VAUGHAN OF CIS DISCUSSES EXPEDITED REMOVAL OF ILLEGALS UNDER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION:Please use this website as a resource for facts when it comes to immigration!Government News
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: clear discrimination snap still gives preference illegal over american citizensthe center for immigration studies great resource facts illegal taxpayer dollars patty i lucky enough attend workshop dc the main fact stuck us current immigration system unsustainable they used facts figures lay truth us frightening this even frightening feds still giving preferential treatment illegal comes david north gives us low it six months since donald trump took office families illegal aliens get food stamps supplemental nutrition assistance program snap identical families size income receive question treating illegal aliens like residents country discrimination citizens favor peculiar arrangement sort thing one would expect corrected third first month new administration campaigning donald checked department agriculture food nutrition service week agency runs food stamps nutrition questions mind food stamp program still particular set circumstances operate bias trump administration made appointment one outsiders help run agency the answer second question came quickly no civil servant running program acting basis placed job white house does agency budget say billion year administration notices existence it took little longer get answer first question nature discrimination subtle lot professionals welfare business want make distinction legal illegal residents system works illegal aliens allocated food stamps family mixed citizens illegal mixed family still gets benefits states allowed extent pick choose among methods most states chosen technique record earnings illegal aliens always recording income look system applied two similar families live adjacent houses incomes month assets families consist working male spouse toddler the difference one men citizen illegal alien everyone else two households far now let walk alice special mirror see government handles situation it sees family three people says month high income food stamps it looks family sees family man illegal key government decides family income counted high family two hence family illegal alien gets food stamps family bands income situation plays different sized families giving benefits mixed families denying families size income for strange arrangements see cis report an aid program routinely discriminate favor ineligible aliens way obama i explained admittedly bizarre matter food nutrition service publicist told remains way story symptomatic two larger realities both obama trump administrations managed conduct big immigration operations liking think data obama trump way enforcement people given freedom obama much successful minuta immigration policy trump years i wrote little move admit small class migrants little move prevented another subclass deported we seeing maybe yet trump administration you change policy least retail level without people write push new unknown substantial number mixed illegal plus citizens families getting food stamps equally poor neighbors happen families go please check cis websitejessica afghan of cis discusses expedite removal of illegal under the trump administration please use website resource facts comes immigration government news