I noticed Stephen Miller trending and KNEW something had to be up.
According to reports, White House senior adviser Stephen Miller has devised a plan to “limit the number of migrants who obtain legal status in the U.S. each year.”
But…there’s a catch. The Trump administration isn’t just doing this because it’s meeeeeaaaaaannnnnnnn and heartless. It would basically make it more difficult for legal immigrants– who are NOT yet citizens– to obtain citizenship if they’ve ever used US welfare programs. (Like if they’ve used food stamps or Obamacare or whatever.)
Using some public benefits like Social Security Insurance has already hindered immigrants from obtaining legal status in the past, but the programs included in the recent draft plan could mean that immigrant households earning as much as 250 percent of the poverty level could be rejected.
A version of the plan has been sent to the White House Office of Management and Budget, the sources said, the final step before publishing a rule in the federal register. Reuters first reported that the White House was considering such a plan in February.
People obviously have mixed feelings on this for various reasons. I don’t want to sound heartless, but I don’t really have a problem with them taking a closer look at this. If someone wants to obtain citizenship, and it looks like they’re going to be life long government leeches…that should be considered. Is that so bad? We need self-sufficient people coming into this country. It’s not to say that they might not need help at first– after all, we’re a compassionate nation– but I’m a big believer in a “hand up,” not a “hand out.”
“The administration is committed to enforcing existing immigration law, which is clearly intended to protect the American taxpayer by ensuring that foreign nationals seeking to enter or remain in the U.S are self-sufficient,” a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security said, according to NBC News. “Any proposed changes would ensure that the government takes the responsibility of being good stewards of taxpayer funds seriously and adjudicates immigration benefit requests in accordance with the law.”
But like I said. People are freaking out.
Stephen Miller first came for undocumented immigrants and threw their children in cages. Now he’s persecuting immigrants who came here legally. Next he’ll come for non-white citizens. Then liberal whites. He won’t stop until America is the land of the KKK and neo-Nazis.
— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) August 7, 2018
Mhm. Very rational.
This is sick. Stephen Miller is sick. https://t.co/rmyJyw7Xcw
— Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) August 7, 2018
formal ethnic cleansing. https://t.co/1la2rXXiGv
— stacy-marie ishmael (@s_m_i) August 7, 2018
The fact that Stephen Miller is now targeting legal immigrants is absolute proof that this was never about legality, it was always about racism.
— OhNoSheTwitnt (@OhNoSheTwitnt) August 7, 2018
Stephen Miller is a white supremacist hell bent on making America whiter. Journalists who refuse to say that are allowing their political correctness culture to distort reality. https://t.co/vOAGvtrFtK
— we're going to abolish ICE (@SeanMcElwee) August 7, 2018
The great white-washing of America by Stephen Miller and white nationalists in office. This is not our country!
“it would be the biggest change to the legal immigration system in decades and estimate that more than 20 million immigrants could be affected” https://t.co/YVRrCoePc7— Amy Siskind (@Amy_Siskind) August 7, 2018
First, they came for the Muslims, and I protested at the airport because I'm not Muslim but it doesn't matter because this is America.
Then they came for the Mexicans and I said "not today, motherfuckers".
Stephen Miller’s next target: Legal immigrantshttps://t.co/cBe5hzxEdj
— Holly Figueroa O'Reilly 🌊 BWCS (@AynRandPaulRyan) August 7, 2018
The White House is a revolving door for staff, but white supremacist Stephen Miller has been there from the beginning and remains one of its loudest voices. Speaks volumes.
— Adam Best (@adamcbest) August 7, 2018
It has nothing to do with race and EVERYTHING to do with being self-sufficient, idiots.