Letter to: IDAHO HEALTH AND WELFARE

December 8, 2006 (December 30, 2006 - Still "NO" response?)

Idaho Health and Welfare
450 West State Street, 5th Floor
Boise, Idaho 83720-0036

The Idaho Statesman Letters to the Editor, recently (12-07-06) printed an opinion piece written by Jill Reese which raised questions for me regarding benefits provided to illegal aliens by the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare.

Ms. Reese wrote “The Bush administration has decided to abandon it’s pledge to leave no child behind. It has selected a category of children to abandon - newborn children, citizens of the United States, born to "undocumented parents," (illegal aliens) She goes on to say…”Undocumented (illegal aliens) people are already shut out of public benefits. One small exception is emergency Medicaid.”

My questions to IDHW are:
1) What agencies of the Federal Government, State Government and Local Government (American tax payers) fund Idaho Department of Health and Welfare?

2) Does IDHW receive grant money from the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (Catholic Charities, etc,)?

3) Exactly what benefits are provided for “Anchor Babies”? (An interpretation used by the courts to provide birthright citizenship to children born on American soil to illegal aliens.)

4) What benefits are provided for illegal aliens?

5) What is the cost to American taxpaying citizens of America in Idaho for all the above benefits given to illegal aliens?

On your web-site I noticed certain questions of interest in regards to benefits with regard to non U.S. citizens. However, when I attempted to access the “Frequently Asked Questions”, no answers were provided. Would you please provide me answers to the following questions?

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: I don't have a green card but members of my family do. If my family members use benefits, will that prevent me from getting a green card in the future?

Q: If I am a refugee or asylee, will receiving benefits stop me from getting a green card?

Q: If I or a family member has a green card will it be taken away if we receive benefits?

Q: Who has to provide a Social Security Number when applying for benefits?

Q: Will the Department of Health and Welfare report me to the INS for applying for benefits for myself or my family?

In an article written June 16, 2001, Mr. Joe Guzzardi, an educator in Lodi, CA, and a writer for VDARE, he noted: “
“Mexico knows where it wants to go: THE U.S.”
I quote from the article; “The biggest boost for Mexico comes from our most preposterous law, the so-called “anchor baby” rule.
Illegal aliens don’t have to do or prove anything. And they don’t have to part with a dime. What awaits them is free pre-natal care and child delivery. The number of births to illegal aliens may be as high as 350,000 annually. More than 60 percent of all babies born in Los Angeles community hospitals are born to illegals.”

It was also written, “the automatic birth citizenship is common knowledge in Mexico and a huge incentive to illegal immigration.”

As an American citizen and taxpayer I am very concerned with illegal immigration and it social/economic effects on this country.

I look forward to your response to my questions regarding benefits IDHW provides to illegal immigrants.

Thanks for your consideration.

Sincerely,

Jack M. Moutrie

Additional Immigration information:
www.allaboutimmigration.blogspot.com
www.allaboutillegalimmigration.blogspot.com