Senator Rand Paul Proposes Restricting Federal Benefits for Non-Citizens
Where Things Stand
The End Welfare for Non-Citizens Act is currently active in the Senate Finance Committee, while a companion House bill remains stalled in the Oversight and Government Reform Committee. If enacted, these measures would terminate federal benefits including Medicaid and food stamps for legal residents, refugees, and asylum seekers to address the $38 trillion national debt.
The Facts
How We Got Here
Who This Affects
Hurts
All non-citizens would lose access to every federal public benefit, even those who live and work here legally.
Visa holders would be explicitly barred from all federal public benefits with no exceptions.
Undocumented immigrants would lose access to the limited emergency benefits currently available to them.
Mixed
Green card holders would lose eligibility for federal benefits they can currently access after five years of residency.
Naturalized citizens keep their benefits, but non-citizen family members in their households could lose access.
Policies
H.R. 6854 and S. 3670 are similar bills introduced in the House and Senate to limit non-citizen access to federal aid. While the House bill targets all non-citizens including legal residents, Senator Paul's Senate version specifically focuses on refugees, asylees, and undocumented immigrants.
News
Benefits to be stripped from non-US citizens under new proposed bill
Political Response
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