Trump administration bans illegal immigrants from taxpayer-funded services, including Head Start

The Trump administration stated Thursday that the Department of Healthcare and Human Services will ban illegal immigrants from accessing taxpayer-funded services including the popular Head Start early childhood training scheme The agency revealed that it will rescind the interpretation of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of PRWORA which extended certain federal society benefits to those living in the United States illegally For too long the cabinet has diverted hardworking Americans tax dollars to incentivize illegal immigration mentioned HHS Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr In the present day s action changes that it restores integrity to federal social programs enforces the rule of law and protects vital tools for the American people NEW GOP BILL WOULD CUT OFF HOUSING FUNDS TO SANCTUARY CITIES DEFYING TRUMP DHSThe PRWORA known as welfare restructuring passed during the Clinton administration and granted states greater autonomy to manage social welfare programs The new strategy applies PRWORA s plain-language definition of a federal society benefit affirms that programs serving individuals households or families are subject to eligibility restrictions and clarifies that no HHS programs have been formally exempted under PRWORA s limited exceptions HHS noted Among the programs no longer accessible to illegal immigrants will be Head Start an early childhood learning and nutrition plan for low-income families TRUMP HAS A SECRET WEAPON TO DEFEAT ACTIVIST JUDGES ON IMMIGRATIONAn HHS preliminary analysis estimates American citizens could receive as much as million in additional Head Start services annually Alongside HHS the Administration for Children and Families ACF is committed to providing and protecting tools that serve America s largest part vulnerable mentioned acting Assistant Secretary Andrew Gradison Head Start s classification under the new PRWORA interpretation puts American families first by ensuring taxpayer-funded benefits are reserved for eligible individuals Other services now classified under the federal citizens benefit category include grant programs for workforce programs mental healthcare and substance abuse among others The new framework takes effect upon publication in the Federal Register and has a -day comment period