Alabama is more reliant on federal programs like food assistance and Medicaid than most states.
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Where to start ...
"I'll take illegal aliens for $500 Alex."
The author of that article quotes the Director of Alabama Arise, which is a leftist organization with strong ties to the likes of the SPLC aka Southern Poverty Law Center and we all know what SPLC is all about. They've been supplied with plenty of Soros dollars over the years. btw it was Obama and his cronies who came up with
'undocumented immigrants' because it sounds better than the truth ...
illegal aliens. No way in hell should illegal aliens .. people that are in this country illegally, be receiving taxpayer dollars in the form federal aid and that includes healthcare or any state and/or federally funded program for that matter.
From that article you posted:
The Center for Migration Studies estimated there were about 60,000 undocumented immigrants living in Alabama in 2022, with about two-thirds of those from Mexico and Guatemala.
Alabama Arise executive director Hyden said a mass deportation would hurt immigrant families in Alabama and the state’s economy. She said it would be similar to what happened when Alabama passed the nation’s toughest immigration law in 2011, known as HB56. Federal courts blocked most of the law.
“For immigrant families, even people who are here with documentation, they will be forced back into the shadows if they have a family member who is undocumented,” Hyden said. “When Alabama passed HB56 in 2011, we saw an immediate and long-term impact to our economy and to public safety. When immigrants are threatened we find that they’re less likely apply for public benefits that their families might otherwise be eligible for. So kids are going without food or school meals or Medicaid.”
“We find that they are less likely to report crime out of fear or retaliation from law enforcement. And those workers continue to be exploited without legal status. So we’re really concerned about not just deportations but the demonization and blame of people without documentation.”
Carlos Aleman, executive director of HICA, a non-profit that focuses on helping immigrants build prosperity, said immigrant communities in Alabama are worried and uncertain.
“We’re just encouraging people to inform themselves and to make themselves aware of what rights they already have,” Aleman told AL.com. “We’re definitely hearing concerns, but it hasn’t necessarily led to a mass exodus of any sort.”
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