DHS Subpoenas LA Agency for Info on State Immigrant Benefit Program - MyNewsLA.com

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : It requests names and dates of birth for all applicants, along with copies of the applications, their immigration status, proof of ineligibility for Social Security benefits and affidavits filed in support of the applications.
51% : The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced Monday it issued a subpoena to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services as part of a probe into the state's Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants to determine if people in the country illegally have been receiving benefits for which they are ineligible.
50% : President Donald Trump signed an order in April barring anyone in the country illegally from obtaining Social Security benefits.
40% : The program provides money to a select group of non-citizens -- people who are over age 65, blind or disabled and are ineligible for Social Security benefits due to their immigration status.

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