On Tuesday, American Greatness reported that Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will begin working with the Department of Homeland Security to make sure illegal aliens do not take advantage of housing programs meant for American citizens. This is not a novel idea–the immigrants that came to America for most of the past two hundred years have had to prove that they had a way to support themselves or that someone was willing to sponsor them. Access to America’s safety net was not part of being an American immigrant–it didn’t matter if you were here legally or illegally, you were required to support yourself.
The article reports:
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Scott Turner has announced a new partnership with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem to ensure illegal aliens cannot exploit housing programs meant for Americans.
In an interview on Newsmax on Monday, Turner announced that he and Sec. Noem had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) focused on ending “the wasteful misappropriation of taxpayer dollars to benefit illegal aliens instead of American citizens.”
Turner denounced what he described as “terrible” Biden administration immigration and border security policies that prioritized illegal aliens over Americans.
Under the MOU, Turner said he and Sec. Noem would work to to ensure that American taxpayer dollars, particularly those allocated under HUD, will only go to the American people.
The article concludes:
Turner indicated that, under the Trump administration, Americans will no longer take a back seat to illegal aliens, adding, “This agreement will leverage resources including technology and personnel to ensure American people are the only priority when it comes to public housing. We will continue to work closely with DHS to maximize our resources and put American citizens first.”
The agreement comes a month after President Trump signed an executive order directing government departments to “ensure taxpayer resources are not used to incentivize or support illegal immigration.”
We have a spending problem. We need to start correcting that problem. A good place to start is to use taxpayer dollars to help American citizens.