Migrants will not get welfare for first five years in US, says Trump
WASHINGTON:Days after announcing his support to a merit-based immigration system, President Donald Trump has said that migrants will not get welfare in the first five years after they arrive in the US.
“You cannot get welfare for five years when you come into our country. You can’t just come in, like in past weeks, years and decades--you come in, immediately start picking up welfare,” Trump said in his weekly web and radio address to the nation.
“For five years, you have to say you will not be asking or using our welfare systems. As I said in my address to Congress, the time for dreaming big, bold and daring things for our country has begun,” he said.
Trump said earlier this week that he announced a historic immigration bill to create a merit-based green card system that ends the abuse of welfare system, stops chain migration and protects American workers and economy.
For too long, he rued, the dreams of many Americans have been put out of reach.
“Washington funded one global project after another, while allowing other countries to drain our jobs and drain the wealth of the United States of America. Then, Washington taxed and regulated our own workers and industries, taking away their ability to earn a living,” he said.
But those days are over, Trump said.