States must report illegal immigrants enrolled in welfare programs to federal government, DOJ says

Every state agency is now an immigration office, or it loses the federal check.

States accepting federal welfare funds must require all state agencies, not just welfare offices, to report known illegal immigrants to federal authorities or risk losing funding for the programs, the Justice Department said Wednesday. In a new opinion published Wednesday, the department’s Office of Legal Counsel concluded that a reporting mandate in the 1996 welfare […]

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