Re:Trump administration announces overhaul of H1B visa progr...
by Aperocky on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @09:34AM
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Are there any way a nonimmigrant in the US can get any of the welfare?
If the answer is no, how does this apply?
Re:Trump administration announces overhaul of H1B visa progr...
by panzagl on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @10:53AM
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'Welfare' on a federal level now means a combination of Social Security disability and redeemable income tax credits- basically they have no income, but Child Tax Credit, Earned Income Credit, means they get money back on their taxes anyway. And of course if they have children there are a number of federal and local programs that ostensibly help feed the child, but are easily worked around to turn into money- in the old days you'd spend all day buying individual kool aid packets (pay with a dollar voucher, get 75 cents real money in exchange), now you're more like to buy high end food items and sell them on, or else some sort of item return fraud.
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Honestly it is probably just run-of-the-mill xenophobia, but looking at US Federal Tax revenue [0] I would like to point out that prior to ~1930 everyone was basically on their own and after that the government started really becoming a big chunk of the economic pie. In 1920, I expect it was a lot more practical to target an open-border policy. Economically, the failure of a migrant means nothing to a local. In 2020, if a migrant does not succeed then there is a risk that the locals will be paying for it. I argue that that would reasonably change someone's opinions.
The idea that a person's location should have no impact is great, but sits in conflict with the US welfare system.
[0] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Governme...