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		self_awareness 63 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: ICE using Palantir tool that feeds on Medicaid dat... These programs really support illegal immigrants? They support legal immigrants, for sure, but the question was about illegal immigrants?

JuniperMesos 63 days ago [–]

The states that run these programs have political leadership that doesn't want to make a distinction between legal and illegal immigrants, and wants to give state -funded benefits to illegal immigrants, and so deliberately doesn't check citizenship or legal residency status when you apply for benefits.

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