Do you think illegal immigrants should be able to use welfare/public assistance?

Hell no, Americans that need assistance only. Your not a citizen, so my tax dollars shouldn't be going to them. Why is that even a question these days. No tax dollars should be going to those that are here illegally plain and simple.

No. Public assistance of any kind should only go to citizens. Even legal immigrants should not qualify. A legal immigrant should be self sufficient or have a sponsor that takes financial responsibility. On a related topic, social security retirement benefits should only be afforded to a citizen. If a legal immigrant worked long enough to be eligible for social security retirement and chose not to become a citizen they should not receive a taxpayer subsidized retirement. Billions of taxpayer dollars leave this country every month for non citizen beneficiaries who moved back to home country. Before we start cutting benefits for citizens let’s start eliminating them for non citizens.

Absolutely not! If they are here "illegally", they should not have access to ANY benefits afforded to American citizens.

I really don't understand the questions even being asked. They are illegal! The only assistance they should get is assistance being deported!

I agree with LTC Patrick Husted 100% they are in violation of our immigration laws and the only benefit they should get is a one way ticket back across the border.They haven't earned or paid into our welfare system or anything else. They have violated our laws knowingly.

No, they should have to be here legally.

Stupid question. What is it about illegal one does not understand? On that note might I remark that welfare/public assitance was meant as a temporary income during post depression days till those users of the system were able to find work. Now we have four and five generations of perfectly healthy people who think their welfare checks and food stamps are their rights to have. Bad enough that this particular element of lazies get free handouts. Now our government wants to and is doleing out freebies to illegals at the expense of those who work and pay taxes. You asked and I answered.

NO! NO WAY! ABSOLUTELY NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No, the word illegal says enough for me. There are legal residents trying to get on that and they cant because of being bumped off the priority lists by....an undocumented laborer who is undocumented because he or she snuck under a wire over a wall or through the river to cheat our tax and welfare codes.

Sp4 Byron Skinner To respond to the question I say an unqualified YES. The alternative is far more costly in both cultural and economic terms. Americans should be proud that we are a country people want to get into, even with our current Administration's racist views, The typical immigrant id leaving the country of hit or her birth and will sacrifice everything to come to America. Public assistance is meant for everybody that needs it regardless of citizenship status.