Grassroots Rally Team

Nevada Can't Ignore Illegal Immigrant Problem

Tales of human heartbreak spilled out into the hallways like the crowd at the Reno City Hall this past Saturday. The same was true in Las Vegas when state lawmakers held town hall meetings on the troubled state of the Nevada budget.

But along with the tearful pleas for budgetary clemency from those representing the disabled, elderly, mentally ill and classroom teachers, some unexpected voices were heard from a couple of state welfare workers concerned that illegal residents were getting more than their fair share of the state's human services pie.

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) was created so that needy persons could get temporary welfare checks to support their families in times of turmoil. The “fairness issue” raised by the state workers is that illegal immigrants are faring better than U.S. citizens these days in the growing welfare lines...