Why are disease infested, non citizens, treated better than natural born Americans?

[RED]

I have a friend that I went to high school with in the 1960s. She was a happily married hair dresser and her husband was a grocery store meat cutter and later a manager. In 1966 she was pregnant and had measles. Her son Johnny, was born with numerous birth defects and weighed 2 ounces under 2 lbs at birth. Nobody expected him to survive, but he did.

He is totally deaf in one ear and only has 30% hearing in the other. His left leg is 3 inches shorter than the right one and he has learning disabilities and struggled in school. He was unable to get and hold a job because of his lack of hearing and other disabilities.

His parents made a huge mistake by including John on ownership of their home and bank accounts. His mother and father busted their butts working two jobs so they could support John?s medical needs including a specially made hearing device that cost over $8,000. He has NO social support, NOT one penny, No SS disability, no SNAP card, no free cell phone no medical insurance NOTHING.

Right now, his mother and he is surviving on $1,728 per month of her SS benefits. Johnny has never in his 54 years EVER received one cent of government support.

But, I have a solution for their problems. I am going to take John and a inner tube down to the Mexican side of Rio Grand.

[togor]

She is getting up there in years. I hope there is a place for him in this world once she moves to the next.

As for illegals and welfare, is it really that simple? Are illegals who sneak across the border able to get welfare in red states like AR or TX? If so I have to wonder why those states are so generous. My understanding is that they are valued as a low-cost labor force (at wages that nonetheless exceed what they could make in Mexico for example) and that remittances are an economic lifeline to the mother country.

https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/infographic-remittances-mexico-reach-historic-high

[lyman]

have they talked to a good SS Disability lawyer?

he may have a chance with a good one that knows how to game the system,

giving him assets (house and bank account) was a big mistake, he would have to (IIRC) use up all those assets to get any benefits likely

[lyman]

have they talked to a good SS Disability lawyer?

he may have a chance with a good one that knows how to game the system,

giving him assets (house and bank account) was a big mistake, he would have to (IIRC) use up all those assets to get any benefits likely

[Major Tom]

Social Security Disability? Good luck getting that! My experience with that is "if you haven't worked in the 5 previous years, you are not eligible". That's what they told me!

[Vern Humphrey]

If the Biden Administration has allowed Polio into this country, they should be prosecuted for negligent homicide, at least,

[Johnny P]

It keeps getting brought up about the illegals being a source of cheap labor. In my part of the state the timber industry is fairly large, and know a couple of contractors that cut the timber and haul it to a mill. When he tries to hire someone that already has experience in logging their first question is can he pay in cash. If not, they are not interested, or work long enough to find a contractor that will.

[Vern Humphrey]

It keeps getting brought up about the illegals being a source of cheap labor. In my part of the state the timber industry is fairly large, and know a couple of contractors that cut the timber and haul it to a mill. When he tries to hire someone that already has experience in logging their first question is can he pay in cash. If not, they are not interested, or work long enough to find a contractor that will.

Which really has nothing to do with illegals -- or with diseases brought in by illegals.

[dogtag]

No, it has to do with taxes. When they're too high it sparks an underground economy.