• gearheart@lemm.ee
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    Legitimate question. Can anyone tell me how someone would go collecting welfare with no SSN or papers?

    I work with people on a daily basis that collect some sort of welfare or disability… They are in perfect bodily health. They are also all U.S citizens.

    I don’t believe I have come across an undocumented migrant that collects “disability payments”. I don’t believe it’s possible…

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      Here’s a list of all federal benefits that undocumented immigrants are eligible to receive:

      https://www.ncsl.org/immigration/federal-benefit-eligibility-for-unauthorized-immigrants

      States may or may not have additional programs.

      I literally know an elderly lady who is alienated from her family in Europe and lives in California without any papers, money, or a job, and she has her own apartment and makes due somehow.

      No I’m not saying she oughta be deported or have her benefits cut or anything (she’s not living a particularly glorious lifestyle, believe me), just answering the question that was asked.