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Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions is accusing the Obama 
administration of failing to enforce a century-old law meant to 
prevent immigrants from taking root in the U.S. only to live on 
the government dole -- after the administration reported it did 
not cite anyone for this last year.

"Virtually no one one is being examined before they enter the 
country on whether or not they'll ... immediately begin to 
depend on government welfare," Sessions, R-Ala., top Republican 
on the Senate Budget Committee, told Fox News.

As Congress weighs new immigration legislation, Sessions said 
any reform package "has got to end that."

Sessions turned up new statistics from the Department of 
Homeland Security last week showing what he describes as a 
startling trend. DHS reported how relatively few immigrants are 
being turned away on the grounds that they are likely to become 
a "public charge" -- or individuals who depend on welfare 
programs -- despite a 100-year-old law that's supposed to 
prevent this.

The department, blaming "data entry quality," said it did not 
have complete information on how many immigrants became public 
charges. But the department did a case-by-case review for the 
bulk of fiscal 2012, and found just one where that claim was 
leveled at an immigrant. "However, the charge was later 
withdrawn," DHS reported.

Further, the department reported that just a tiny fraction of 
people are rejected on these grounds when seeking entry under a 
program that allows admission for 90 days for travelers from 
certain countries. Between fiscal 2005 and most of fiscal 2012, 
a total of 9,796 were denied -- a fraction of a percent of those 
admitted. State Department figures for visa applications showed 
a similar trend, with just .068 percent of visa applications 
denied on those grounds in fiscal 2011.

Sessions has been hammering this issue for months. He and other 
Republican senators earlier wrote to the departments of Homeland 
Security and State arguing that a bedrock principle of 
immigration law is that "those who seek citizenship in this 
country ought to be financially self-sufficient."

The senator suggests the immigration system has produced a 
lopsided result in which high-skill immigrants are turned away 
while those who end up absorbing more taxpayer dollars than they 
contribute stay.

Recent studies show welfare spending on immigrant-headed 
households is relatively high. A Center for Immigration Studies 
report found that 36 percent of these households were using "at 
least one major welfare program" in 2010 -- compared with 23 
percent of other households.

Sessions' office says the number of non-citizens on food stamps 
has skyrocketed in recent years. And the conservative Heritage 
Foundation claims low-skill immigrant households take in roughly 
$20,000 more in government benefits every year than they pay in 
taxes.

Sessions suggests the government is fueling this trend. He 
earlier made a stink over long-running U.S. Department of 
Agriculture radio "novelas" that depicted people being pressured 
into going on food stamps.

The ads were later discontinued. The senator also is drawing 
attention to the WelcomeToUSA.gov site that provides information 
on a host of taxpayer assistance programs for immigrants, 
including Medicare, food stamps, Temporary Assistance for Needy 
Families and others.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/02/18/come-to-us-live-on-
dole-senator-says-immigration-stats-show-welfare-rules-not/

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liberals while you are both under fire by foreign agents of the 
outlaw Obama administration?

No.  Shoot the liberals immediately so they can't stab you in 
the back while you are defending yourself, then return a 
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