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

no

I agree that the only assistance illegal aliens should receive is emergent medical care to sustain them for deportation to their point of origin. Individuals who do not immigrate via legal means or seeking asylum by reporting to a US Embassy should receive no entitlements what so ever. All persons seeking to immigrate to the US should ONLY be allowed in through the legal system of immigration, prove that they will be an asset to the US (not a leach) and pass proper background checks (no criminals what so ever). Our nation is hemorrhaging financially due to bleeding hearts who don’t see the damage it causes.

It bothers me that the American people have become so liberal that this question even needs to be asked? They are illegal meaning there braking the laws of our Nation!

"Hell no" is right. If I were in another country illegally, I would not expect anything. People come here expecting handouts. Well it's time they went back to where they came from or go through proper citizenship channels.

Absolutely not. Nor should their children be US citizens if born here because that is how they are accessing the system legally - in the anchor babies' name. No benefits whatsoever, medical care sufficient to save their life and stabilize them for return to their own country, no more, no less.

First, the United States is one of the most difficult nations to illegally enter and illegally reside in. So, illegally immigration has never been an issue worth noting, beyond politics. MOST APPLICANTS ARE REJECTED. A person needs a squeaky clean record to get a resident visa, in the United States, which weeds out thousands of "good" people. So, it's not as simple as "coming legally" as you believe. Literally, citizens from some friendly nations cannot even visit, unless they pass an interview. Also, nobody is perfect.

Secondly, haven't you ever done something that you aren't proud of and or were caught committing a crime, as a youth? Many of you have. In fact, some of you became soldiers because it turned your miserable lives around. Many of you joined the military because no civilian company would accept your resumes. Just as joining the military was a last-ditch effort at attaining a good life, so is crossing illegally. (SEE: My 1st POINT, AGAIN)

Third, illegal immigrant are not afforded social benefits, other than basic medicine. When I say basic, I really mean BASIC. They do not normally have food stamps, college, public education, etc. However, we have humanitarian laws that prevent us from allowing visitors to endure undue suffering. People seem to forget that...I wonder why.

Fourth, being an illegal immigrant is not easy. They cannot take regular jobs, which means that they are often paid next to nothing. Not to mention, they usually take jobs that no of us will take...because they pay next to nothing. Can you blame a man for taking a job that pays $150 a week, when that $150 a week is about 10x what he made at home?

Lastly, many of our ancestors are illegal immigrants, whether you know it or not. Does that make you illegal? By your own theories, yes. Some of you are illegal too.

What kind of stupid question is that??? ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ARE DENIED WELFARE OR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.

Illegals do NOT get: SOCIAL SECURITY, SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY, WELFARE, SECTION 8, ETC ETC... THEY CAN'T VOTE EITHER!!!!!!

The only POSSIBLE assistance they can get is food stamps if they have kids. Which i support for the kids sake.

How very misleading of you to post such a question!

Key word here. "Illegal." When a legal U.S. citizen commits a felony they lose their right to vote, serve on a jury and possess a firearm. Maybe not important to some people, but it is to many. Yet an illegal immigrant can be given government benefits? That is just not right. My mother and her family came to this country nearly 100 years ago and did so legally. Became citizens and were all given only the benefits of the government that they earned. Why should it be different for someone entering our country illegally?

Can we please stop propagating this straw-man arguement? How many of you know that it has been established law for 20+ years that illegal immigrants already do not recieve welfare? Or that the SSA estimates that illegal immigrants pay about $10 billion into Social Security each year - money that they will never benefit from.

I come from the perspective of an RN & Adult NP for decades, & now retired ANC. How did I treat the 80+ year old great grandmother in the ER who was dying & who spoke only Spanish? How did I treat her kids, with heavily Spanish accented English, or her grandkids wit no accent & “totally American” English? I treated them ALL with respect, After great grandmother died in my ER, it turned out that she was a native born American citizen, as were all her family members mourning at her bedside. I am much more sickened by those who leap to conclusions about the “citizenship” of patients needing urgent/emergent medical care than I am about the for profit hospitals that do wallet biopsies before treatment. What we have to do is retain our humanity for all of those who are in desperate need of medical care & social services.