These immigrants fear using public aid for U.S. citizen kids will hurt chances at legal status

These immigrants fear using public aid for U.S. citizen kids will hurt chances at legal status The Dallas Morning News

Armando Rivera, an unauthorized immigrant, lost his factory job in an immigration raid. His U.S. citizen children are eligible for health and food assistance from federal programs, but he’s not signing them up.

Maria Robles, an organizer at Faith in Texas, a religious organization that works with low-income families in North Texas, said many mixed immigration status families she’s worked with have told her they’ll stop using programs like the CHIP or SNAP.

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