Head Start will be cut off for immigrants without legal status, Trump administration says
WASHINGTON (AP) – Trump administration will restrict the illegal registration of immigrants in the country TitleThe Ministry of Health and Human Services said in a statement on Thursday, a federal pre -school program. Movement is part of a broad effort to limit access to federal benefits for immigrants who do not have legal status.
People in the country are not largely suitable for federal public benefits such as illegal food stamps, student loans and financial assistance for higher education. However, for decades, they have been able to access some community programs such as Head Start and Community Health Centers.
HHS said it would re -classify these programs as federal public benefits, except that immigrants in the country are illegally accessed. Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. He said that the changes were part of a greater effort to protect the interests of American citizens.
“The government has directed the tax dollar to illegal migration to encourage illegal migration,” Kennedy said. He said. “Today’s action is changing – it reclaims integrity to federal social programs, imposes the rule of law and protects vital sources for the American people.”
Children and Families Management Spokesperson TitleHe said that conformity will be determined according to the child’s immigration.
Probably requiring evidence of immigration status Fear and confusion Yasmina Vinci, General Manager of National Head Start Association, is among the families who want to record their children.
“This decision weakens the fundamental commitment of the country to children and ignores the decades of evidence that Head Start is necessary for our collective future,” he said.
Changes are part of a multi -institutional announcement that canceled the interpretation of the federal law dated to the former president Bill Clinton administration, allowing immigrants in the country to access some programs illegally. The Department of Education, the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Labor announced similar changes affecting a number of labor development and adult education programs.
Shelby Gonzales, Vice President of Migration Policy in Budget and Policy Priorities Center, said that changes will affect the community health centers that immigrants trust in a wide range of services.
“People rely on these services in order to get cancer treatment and to get continuous care for various different health needs,” he said.
Students in the country will no longer be suitable for participation in illegal ways. Career and Technical Education Programs after Secondary Education Training Department, Adult Training Programs or Adult Training Programs. The department also issued a notification to buyers to ensure that federal programs do not serve immigrants without legal status.
Educational defenders, the decision will harm young people who grow up in this country, he said. Augustus Mays, Vice President of EDTRust, said intention created fear among immigrant communities.
“Policies like this are not available in void, May Mays said. “They are based on a political agenda where immigrants use fear to rob the rights and resources from the most vulnerable ones among us.”
Head starts twenty years ago as part of the democratic president Lyndon B. Johnson’s Poverty War. Preschool, development therapy and child care by providing operating in 50 states. Families with homeless or in poverty. ___
The Associated Press writer at Phoenix contributed to this report.
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