The Trump administration announced on Monday that it is investigating a California program that has long been granted money aid to some immigrants without papers who are older or have a disability, but are not eligible for federal help.
Immigration and customs enforcement officials in Los Angeles have issued a summons to Los Angeles County with the request for records with the identity of people who have requested the Cash Assistance Program of the State for immigrants, the Department of Homeland Security announced.
The program has benefits for decades on self -sufficient benefits on impoverished residents aged 65 or older, as well as those who are blind or have a disability.
Officials in California said that the program, which has been around since 1998, is fully paid by state funds because the federal government prohibits immigrants without papers to receive additional benefits for the income of safety. Only certain immigrants are eligible for the program, they noticed, based on their status at the federal government.
The announcement was the last indication that President Trump is planning to use his federal powers to confront the states by democratic guided states that offer their own benefits to immigrants without papers. It was also assumed that it is one of the first requests from Trump administration to state data about immigrants without papers outside the criminal justice system.
“Radical has given politicians in California priorities to illegal alien beings above our own citizens,” said Kristi Name, the secretary of the Ministry of Interior Security, in a statement.
“If you are an illegal immigrant, you have to leave now,” she added. “The Jus Train is over. Although this summons only focuses on Los Angeles County – it is just the beginning.”
The Department of Homeland Security said on Monday that its research aims to determine whether immigrants living in the country without a legal status have received federal additional security income in the past four years. SSI benefits are managed by the Social Security Administration, but apart from social security payments based on someone’s working history.
The Cash Assistance Program of California for Immigrants has been established to help vulnerable residents who are not eligible for SSI because of their immigration status.
Holly J. Mitchell, member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, said in an e -mail that the state program, known as Capi, serves as a crucial safety net for residents in need in California.
“La County is aimed at continuing to deliver social services that better finish all our communities, regardless of the last efforts of the federal administration to frighten and focus some of our most vulnerable inhabitants,” she added.
The state budget has assigned $ 239.6 million for the program in the tax year that ends on 30 June, all from the General Fund of California, according to the Ministry of Finance of the State. The program serves an average of 16,556 people in California every month. Los Angeles County’s budget Before 2024-25 says that $ 115 million is spent on the program supported by the State there; That has risen 29 percent since 2022 because more people participate in the program.
Los Angeles County, the largest in the country, is the home of 9.8 million people, including an estimated 3.5 million immigrants, according to one Report from the University of South California. From 2021, an estimated 809,500 inhabitants in the province were immigrants without papers.
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