Migrants Credit Cards

So?

Instead of bringing migrant mothers boxes of formula they are giving them a way to get it themselves. It will save the city money. Are you concerned that migrant babies shouldnt have a way to get formula?


From your link:
City Hall calls the program a "more cost-effective technology pilot program to distribute pre-paid immediate response cards to asylum seekers to purchase food and baby supplies in lieu of the city's current system of providing non-perishable food boxes to migrant families"

Officials say it will save the city $7.2 million a year.

 

Hmmmm….for a couple of hundred years immigrants came to the USA and survived without Credit Cards being provided free by the Gov’t. Why now?

The biggest question: are the Travel points retroactive?

 

Call you congressman and senators and tell them to votes for the legislation to address border issues. Or don’t and just complain and worship Orange man.

 

Unless you live in NYC and pay taxes there you are not giving shit to anyone. Who is this "we" crap? Also... "I dont want any kid to go hungry but" what is with the but. That's obscene.

 

Big difference: because of a lack of stupid immigration laws for most of that time, immigrants were allowed to work immediately upon entry. That is because, for most of that time, we had what Republicans would decry as open borders. You showed up, wrote your name down, were tested for a couple of diseases, made sure you had enough money for a week's lodging, and were sent on your way. We could return to that system (or a modernized version of it) anytime we wish.

 

The 5000 limit is the hard limit. It doesn’t keep the president from acting sooner.

So you are willing to reject the good because it isn’t perfect? Even Lindsay Graham said this bill is better than anything they could get with Trump in the office without Democratic support.

 

The thread that was laughed at was a claim migrants were receiving $5,000 gift cards at the border upon entrance. This is a much smaller amount, and limited to those in New York. And it replaces a program where these migrants were getting fed, with the card program being more efficient. Hence the $7 million in savings. What's the problem here?

New York was already feeding these needy immigrants. They are now doing it in a more efficient manner and saving money. Is the problem these immigrants, including children, are getting fed?

And I agree that if we had instant work permits, that would help. Allow these people to work and feed themselves. But it's several months before an asylum seeker is legally allowed to work.

 

Previously, it had been said by sovereign sherrifs or whatever the heck they are, that $5,000 cards were being handed out at the border. This was laughed at and proved to be false.

This card that you are now discussing is an entirely different animal.

You can't conflate the two and claim that the Texas sherrif is now proven right.

EDIT: What AzCat said.

 

1. I'd be curious to read that earlier discussion if you can find it.
2. Also note that your earlier claim was apparently that the US govt was giving credit cards to migrants. This story is about the city of New York just starting a program to do it. That doesn't mean the feds were already doing it. (Maybe they were, I don't know.)

 

Not just Lindsay Graham, also James Lankford, one of the most conservative members of the Senate, and even Mitch McConnell.

 

thanks. I didn't see it either.
but do you acknowledge that NYC starting a program doesn't mean the federal govt was already doing it?

 

Again, Biden doesn't need anyone to pass a bill for him to help alleviate the immigration crisis. You know this but don't seem to care. Interesting...

 

Where does Biden, or any POTUS, get the money to enact what Biden wants to do, which is add more Border Patrol and asylum judges?

 

Here it is. And his claim was false. That's probably why it was criticized.

Migrants Given $5,000 Gift Cards After Crossing Border: Arizona Sheriff