New York City began handing out prepaid debit cards to illegal immigrants. It is reported that the card can only be used for food and baby products.
How long will it take for someone to figure out how to trick this system? Should we expect a black market to emerge around these cards and the values assigned to them?
This plan is prone to corruption.
FOX News reports:
New York City has begun offering prepaid debit cards to illegal immigrants as part of a $53 million pilot program.
New York City officials have begun handing out prepaid debit cards to immigrant families living in the Big Apple.
The first debit cards, reportedly used by illegal immigrants to buy food and baby supplies, were handed out Monday to a small number of immigrant families in the city, New York City Mayor Eric Adams' office confirmed to Fox. News Digital.
The effort is part of a $53 million pilot program to hand out prepaid credit cards to immigrant families staying in hotels despite public outcry.
The program, confirmed by the mayor's office, will provide immigrant families of four with two children under age 5 with up to $350 per week until the end of their stay, and will launch with a limited number of families on Monday and expand to about 115 families. Next week we'll have about 460 people.
Watch the video report below:
It might as well be illegal in NYC.
NYC will start handing out prepaid debit cards to illegals. The card will be loaded with $1,400 per month, and the pilot program will cost city taxpayers $53 million. pic.twitter.com/Ho2ob6AqBu
—CitizenFreePres (@CitizenFreePres) March 26, 2024
We are basically paying people to violate our immigration laws.
I received money in return for breaking the law…
New York City begins offering prepaid debit cards to illegal immigrants as part of $53 million pilot program https://t.co/SJVaBNcVIU
– Republican Party (@GOP) March 26, 2024
Trump needs to run “Pay taxes on immigrants debit cards” with non-stop campaign ads in New York. https://t.co/LJEkUBYkHr
— (@FreeStateWill) March 26, 2024
There are probably many poor American citizens in New York who could benefit from this assistance. They will have to stand in line behind people crossing the border illegally.