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

All depends. If you consider deportation public assistance then yes.

I agree. We now have people coming from all over the world to enter the US illegally at our southern border. I live in Arizona and the illegals get some help here. I have no problems with people that come here legally. I receive food stamps here, but only get $90. a month. I got twice that when I was living in WV.

Sp4 Byron Skinner…Once again on this issue Yes Illegals should have basic welfare provided if they need it….Two issues here first off very few illegals use any of these benefits. The Most commonly used is Healthcare. Something that has never been brought up in this discussion is that with the millions of post WW II immigrants, Most from South of the US Border there has never been a health issue that could be traced back to immigrants….Secondly aging this verifiable but if you stop to think for a moment, You are an illegal, would you go to apply for welfare benefits and expose yourself to arrest???…I was born in a county on the Mexican United States border and have yet to see or hear of any major criminal incident involving non documented immigrants from Mexico I have lived next door, across the alley and now in a 950 unit apartment complex with people of Latin Mexico decedents. There have been people in all these housing areas that I'm rather certain was undocumented immigrants for Mexico or further South. There are several pejoratives I could use of people who are not welcoming to those people who last name ends in a Vowel and have far superior food to any thing I've seek far in over 70 years of living…For amy of you who may have a basic knowledge of Medieval European History, think about how hungry people act???

No. Never. They should have a sponsor who completely supports them...if legal. Illegals should not be here, and definitely not on our money.

No one that is here illegally should have NO rights to any type of public assistance. There are already American citizens that don't get any public assistance or very little. They should come first before anyone that is illegal.

Never, ever! I have been on public assistance before, after my military service. I worked up to 70 hours a week and couldn't make ends meet with a chronically ill child on less than slave wages with most of my money going to childcare and medical. I heard others at the TANF office talking about who was going to father their next "welfare dividend" and it just pissed me off to no end. I had to lift myself out of that within 4 years or I was out on my rear and these parasites were having baby after baby just to get a paycheck and sit on their collective butts!! I did it and moved on but this taught me a lesson about people and assistance. It should be a hand up not a hand out. You don't get rich on it and these people were.

MY opinions is that they came here illegally, and should not receive any benefits. Especially, considering that American citizens and legal immigrants don't have these same benefits. It should be as it was in the past. You come here at the USA's permission, and you work for what you get. Life can be hard, but for those willing to work there are rewards!

Immediate deportation

Regardless of HOW they got here.....Visa overstays, border crossers, brought with parents, anchor babies, etc...the ONLY thing illegal aliens should be provided is a compass heading back to their own country. Period. with upwards of 22-30 million illegals here...we need to start an aggressive program of returning them to their own countries.

you must jest?