White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has confirmed earlier reporting by Bill Melugin of Fox News – President Donald Trump is signing an Executive Order tonight that terminates taxpayer-funded federal benefits for illegal aliens.
Here’s more. (READ)
Karoline Leavitt confirms: Taxpayer funded federal benefits for illegals are terminated. 💥🔥 pic.twitter.com/js6jNnmoO5
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) February 19, 2025
Can confirm! No more federal benefits to illegal aliens. https://t.co/xX4PNkfmM9
— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) February 19, 2025
Here’s earlier reporting from Melugin that lays out the details. (READ)
SCOOP: Per WH official on background, later tonight, President Trump will sign an executive order designed to terminate any & all federal taxpayer benefits going to illegal aliens. The order will direct every federal agency & department to identify all federally funded programs currently providing any financial benefits to illegal aliens, and “take corrective action”, ensuring that any federal funds to states and localities “will not be used to support sanctuary policies or assist illegal immigration.”
Additionally, the executive order will mandate improvements in eligibility verification to prevent federal benefits from going to anyone in the US illegally.
A WH official tells @FoxNews the executive order will show Trump is committed to prioritizing that federal public health benefits go towards American citizens, including veterans.
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Melugin continues. (READ)
More via WH official on background:
“Under current welfare laws, specifically the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), illegal aliens are generally barred from welfare programs. But if they’re granted parole, they are classified as “qualified aliens” and become eligible for various welfare programs on a sliding scale, with full eligibility granted within five years.”
“The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated that the Biden Administration’s open borders agenda, which sought to provide Medicaid-funded emergency services to illegal aliens, has cost Federal and state taxpayers more than $16.2 billion.”
“The Biden Administration gave billions in taxpayer dollars to left-wing groups that facilitated mass illegal migration and provided legal services to challenge deportation orders. • In addition, since 2021, more than $1 billion has been allocated through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to illegal aliens.”
It’s about time.
Posters say this is sure to upset ‘journalists’ and their fellow Democrats who place the wants of illegal aliens over American citizens. We can think of one Democrat who will be devastated.
Someone check on AOC. pic.twitter.com/kfBNR3e0Zq
— Burt Macklin (@BurtMaclin_FBI) February 19, 2025
crocodile tears
— Lerch2000 (@lerch2000) February 19, 2025
She’ll have to get over herself.
Commenters know they’ve been fleeced by their government for a long time.
The fact that people that were here illegally got any taxpayer funded federal benefits is infuriating. We’ve been robbed for years.
— YellowJacket (@YellowJ01650816) February 19, 2025
Robbed, looted and pillaged
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) February 19, 2025
Winning!
We need to break out the thesaurus for this administration..
Victory!
Success!
Accomplishment!— Kevin M. Nelson (@KevinMNelsonUSA) February 19, 2025
Like other Trump Executive Orders, this is sure to spark court battles and resistance from our federal government and various states. While this rages, it sends a clear signal to illegal aliens in America: Trump is serious about ending illegal immigration and there are more measures to that end to come.
