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#Extortion
#Trump admin says it will withhold #SNAP food aid from #Democrat-led states unless they provide recipient records.
#law #RevengePolitics #FoodStamps #SocialCleansing #Aporophobia #EconomicDiscrimination #PublicHealth #Health #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #plutocracy #USpol
“There are people who have been living in those units for 5 years, 8 years,” said Ann Oliva, the chief executive of the National Alliance to End #Homelessness, an advocacy group. “No one can wrap their head around the idea that #HUD is about to kick 170,000 #vulnerable people out of their homes […]
By cutting #aid for permanent #housing by TWO-THIRDS next year, the plan risks a sudden end of support for most of the people the Continuum places in such housing nationwide, beginning as soon as January. All are #disabled — a condition of the aid — & many are 50 or older [WTF?]. The document […]
It also tells consular officials that whenever an applicant is seeking to use finances to satisfy #PublicCharge requirements, they should request to view the applicant’s bank & financial documents, evidence of their assets, checking, savings, brokerage, trust funds & retirement accounts.
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Among the #medical conditions that could disqualify a #visa applicant are chronic conditions; obesity; high blood pressure; cardiovascular, metabolic & neurological diseases; depression; anxiety; & mental health conditions that can require [in the admin’s words] “hundreds of thousands of […]
The new directive goes further with more specific requirements. The cable says consular officials must consider a range of specific details about people seeking #visas, including their #age, #health, #family status, #finances, #education, #skills & any past use of public assistance regardless of […]
#Immigrants seeking entry into the #US already undergo a medical exam by a physician who’s been approved by a US Embassy. They are screened for communicable diseases, like tuberculosis, & asked to disclose any history of drug or alcohol use, mental health conditions or violence. They’re also […]
…#Immigration policy experts say the latest guidance could reduce the number of #immigrant & non-immigrant #visas granted & could disproportionately affect some groups of foreigners seeking access to the #US, such as older adults & people with low incomes.
The cable was sent from #State Dept […]
While federal #law already required those seeking permanent residency or legal status to prove they wouldn’t be a #PublicCharge, #Trump in his first term widened the range of benefit programs that could disqualify applicants, & the guidelines in the cable appear to go even further in scope […]
The directive reveals how the #Trump admin interprets #PublicCharge, the concept in #immigration #law that foreigners can be refused entry or permanent residency status if they are likely to rely on US govt resources, such as certain types of cash & food #aid.
#discrimination #ableism […]
And they call Democrats elitists
New #Trump directive could deny more #visas based on applicants' #health & #wealth
A new directive by Trump’s admin could make it more difficult for foreigners to visit or live in the #US if they have certain #medical conditions such as #diabetes or #obesity or […]
…there ain’t no rest for the wicked…
#SCOTUS granted the #Trump *emergency* appeal to temporarily block a #CourtOrder to FULLY fund #SNAP #food #aid payments amid the government #shutdown.
#law #SCOTUS #ActivistCourt #Aristocracy #Plutocracy #hunger #poverty #WealthGap #Aporophobia #FoodStamps […]
US District Judge John J. McConnell Jr. had given #Trump’s admin until Friday to make the #SNAP payments. But Trump’s admin instead asked the appeals #court to suspend any #CourtOrders requiring it to spend more money than is available in a contingency fund.
#law #judiciary #FoodStamps #hunger […]
#Update
Boston judge challenges #Trump admin’s assertion it cannot use emergency funds to continue #SNAP benefits
A federal judge was openly skeptical on Thursday of the Trump admin’s arguments that amid a government #shutdown it cannot use emergency funds to at least partially fulfill SNAP […]
Bullshit
#Trump Admin Tells #Court It Has Money It Can’t Spend to Prevent #FoodStamp Cuts
#States have sued the #FederalGovernment to force the release of #aid during the #shutdown, with a key
hearing set for Thursday.
#law #SNAP #SocialCleansing #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #Aporophobia […]
In the campaign video, #Trump accused] [#homeless people of turning great cities into “unsanitary nightmares,” he pledged “to use every tool, lever & authority to get the homeless off our streets.” He said the admin would “open up large parcels of inexpensive land” where “dangerously deranged” […]
While the #Utah effort began before Trump’s return to office, it mirrors his pledge to move the #homeless from urban cores to “tent cities” with *services*. And it accelerated after #Trump issued an EO in July, calling for strict camping bans & expanded power to #involuntarily treat homeless […]
“An accountability center is #involuntary, OK — you’re not coming in & out,” Randy Shumway, chairman of the state #Homeless Services Board, said in an interview. #Utah will end a harmful “culture of permissiveness,” he said, & guide homeless people “towards human thriving.”
[sure, Jan.]
#Trump […]
With outdoor sleeping banned, removal to the edge of town may become the only way some #homeless Utahns can avoid #jail. Planners say the facility will also hold hundreds of mentally ill homeless people under #CourtOrdered civil commitment & the effort will include an “accountability center” for […]
They also vow *stern* measures to move #homeless people to the remote site & #force many of them to undergo treatment, reflecting a nationwide push by some #conservatives for a new approach to #homelessness, one embraced & promoted by #Trump.
#law #unhoused #ConcentrationCamps #SocialCleansing […]
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In #Utah, #Trump’s Vision for #Homelessness Begins to Take Shape
The proposed site where Utah plans to place as many as 1,300 homeless people outside of Salt Lake City.
State officials promise large-scale #involuntary addiction & mental health treatment at Salt Lake City’s edge […]
However, according to a memo seen by Reuters, the #USDA indicated that it would not do so.
Governors in Louisiana & Virginia declared states of emergencies this week to make funds available to help with #hunger relief in anticipation of #SNAP benefits not being issued next month.
#FoodStamps […]
And that’s if you’re lucky enough to qualify for the #ACA. If not, you’re looking at #Medicaid again if you qualify], paying for private [#HealthInsurance which runs $6,000 – $20,000+ a year depending on coverage , or going entirely without.
#law #Trump #Republicans #OrchestratedShutdown […]
#HealthInsurance sticker shock begins as #Trump & #Republicans keep the government #shutdown & refuse to negotiate #healthcare subsidies
Many states have shown rising premiums ahead of open enrollment for Affordable Care Act #ACA] plans. #Congressional Republicans remain unmovable over extending […]
Currently, the #SocialSecurity Administration evaluates #disability claims by considering #age, work experience & education to determine if a person can adjust to other types of work. Older applicants, typically over 50, have a better chance of qualifying because age is treated as a limitation […]
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#Trump to limit #SocialSecurity #disability benefits for older Americans
The Trump admin is preparing a plan that will make it harder for older Americans to qualify for Social Security disability payments, part of an overhaul of the federal safety net for #poor, #senior & […]
The #law greatly expanded work requirements for people receiving #FoodStamps & shifted significant costs to #states, giving them new incentives to reduce #aid. Throughout the debate, #nutrition advocates warned that those changes could increase #FoodInsecurity. But without the report, it will be […]
The signature domestic #policy bill that #Trump signed into #law in July cut $187 billion from #FoodStamps over the next decade, & the Congressional Budget Office estimated that about 4 million people would lose some or all of their assistance. That is about 10% of those currently enrolled […]
She added: “It is highly respected. It has well-validated questions. In no way does that reflect the view of anybody who works with the #data. That is completely a pretext for eliminating data that can point out problems.”
The report was especially useful during the #coronavirus #pandemic […]
The report also includes… #data on #children & the #elderly.
The #Agriculture Dept’s statement attacked the #FoodInsecurity report as “rife with inaccuracies, wrong metrics, zero accountability, & a massive drive for bigger & larger” government programs.
Elaine Waxman, an expert on methods of […]
