Trump demands legal immigrants reimburse the government for welfare programs

By John Fritze, Michael Collins and Alan Gomez

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Immigration advocates Marielena Hincapié, executive director of the National Immigration Law Center, and Olivia Golden, executive director of the Center for Law and Social Policy, denounced Trump’s “brutal, reckless, dangerous, inhumane agenda.”

“Trump will do anything to send immigrant families the message that if you’re not white and wealthy, you’re not welcome — or even safe — here,” the two advocates, who are also co-chairs of the Protecting Immigrant Families Campaign, said in a statement. “And he doesn’t care that children and entire families will be harmed in the process.”

 

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Source URL: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/05/23/donald-trump-green-card-holders-should-pay-back-welfare-benefits/1211711001/