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I didn't know we were limiting the definition to just federal welfare. Many of the benefits come from the various states but there are certain federal benefits the seekers can get and do get.We don't have to, but it gets a lot more complex if we mention states. Then you have to say
which state you're talking about at any given moment. Just pulling states out of my butt...Texas may not have any benefits, but CA might. In which case, why would Texas care? CA voters elected their leaders, the leaders passed the laws, and that's all about CA. Doesn't affect Texas at all.
There is a lot to unpack just at the federal level. You mentioned NGOs. Then you mentioned babies born here, which is a difficult situation. That baby is a citizen even if mom and dad aren't. Not sure how much aid would be given to an infant...I don't believe (but could be wrong) that they would give benefits to the entire family, so the amount -likely- would be less. A quick search turned up this, but it doesn't really answer that question:
https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/eligibility/citizen/...On the other hand, it is the humanitarian thing to do. Do you want to turn away people fleeing Putin's War (either Russian or Ukrainian)? Or those fleeing the violent gangs in -IIRC- El Salvador? Warlords in Somalia? The Taliban in Afghanistan? We
could just say "no room at the inn", but we don't. And neither do lots of nations. They welcomed Syrian refugees in the EU, and some here and Canada, we're helping Russians and Ukrainians (in large numbers, as I quoted a few days ago), etc. Gone are the days -I hope!- of turning away the
MS St Louis. Sometimes people need help, even if they aren't Americans.
