Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Scott Turner spoke with Fox Digital in Philadelphia about the Trump administration’s efforts to address the immigration crisis and put Americans first.
States permitting illegal immigrants to collect unemployment benefits risk losing federal funding, Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer announced Friday.
In a letter to all governors, Chavez-DeRemer urged them to follow President Donald Trump’s directives to protect tax dollars from being used to benefit those in the U.S. illegally.
“Our nation’s unemployment benefits exist solely for workers who are eligible to receive them,” Chavez-DeRemer wrote. “To qualify for unemployment, one must be able and available to work, actively seeking work and be legally authorized to accept employment in the United States. Unemployment benefits are not a handout for those in our country illegally.”
Chavez-DeRemer encouraged states to use SAVE, an online database designed for registered federal, state, and local government agencies, to verify immigration status when individuals apply for benefits or licenses.
The move aligns with the Trump administration’s broader efforts to prevent illegal immigrants from accessing taxpayer-funded benefits.
On Thursday, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is taking action to prevent illegal immigrants from receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, commonly known as food stamps.
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“USDA’s nutrition programs are intended to support the most vulnerable Americans,” Rollins said. “To allow those who broke our laws by entering the United States illegally to receive these benefits is outrageous.”
Last month, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner also emphasized that illegal immigrants living in government-funded housing will no longer be prioritized under the Trump administration.
“At HUD, we only serve one out of four Americans that we should be serving, and that has to come to an end,” Turner told Fox News Digital. “And so we’re not only making it a priority, but we are making that our only priority, that American citizens will benefit from hard-working American taxpayer dollars.”
