Ah, the great President Trump, signing another executive order to ‘eliminate federal benefits for undocumented migrants,’ as if the country was a well-managed farm with only so much hay to go around. It’s like trying to keep the wolves out of the henhouse with a piece of string. Speaking of specifics, the order is as clear as mud; if I wanted to read a riddle, I’d pick up a book instead. And what’s with this 30-day sprint to find ‘other streams of federal funding’? I guess they’re looking for a river of gold at the end of this rainbow. As for ‘illegal immigrants’ being a ‘drain on federal resources,’ let’s just say they must be a special kind of drain that only operates in reverse, taking away wealth from Americans and leaving only a trail of ‘make America great again’ rhetoric.
Read from: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/us/politics/trump-federal-benefits-immigrants.html