Thousands of Cubans rushing the U.S. border in record numbers are being greeted with a Welcome Wagon operation that provides them with taxpayer-funded benefits including cash, a Social Security card, food stamps, and Medicaid, according to a review of the latest immigration crisis on the border.
During a field trip to the Laredo, Texas crossing point, two experts from the Center for Immigration Studies documented how Cubans are provided with the services free of charge in a storefront operation set up by a Cuban immigrant, who even provides housing and schedules transportation to Miami.
“The door is wide open. Come and get your free stuff,” is how Jessica M. Vaughan, director of policy studies for the Center for Immigration Studies, sized it up.
She traveled to the border with Kausha Luna, who has been charting the wave of Cubans over the border. Numbers have risen sharply because they fear that as relations normalize between Havana and Washington, the U.S. policy will shift from President Obama’s open door policy of granting asylum to those from the Communist island to a more typical and drawn-out legal immigration process.
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