Mississippi Governor Blocks Benefits For Immigrants Granted Deferred Action

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http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/08/24/740451/mississippi-governor-blocks-benefits-for-immigrants-granted-deferred-action/

Gov. Phil Bryant (R-MS) has ordered state agencies to prevent undocumented immigrants who benefit from President Obama’s deferred action directive from receiving any state public benefits. He said his executive order stopping the state from granting benefits to DREAM Act-eligible youth who qualify for the federal policy follows current state law. Mississippi already bans state agencies from providing benefits like unemployment payments or food stamps to people who are not U.S. citizens or legal residents. Republican governors in Arizona and Nebraska issued similar orders after the deferred action policy went into effect August 15.
http://www.governorbryant.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Executive-Order-1299.pdf


Gov. Phil Bryant: No benefits for deferred-status immigrants
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2012/08/gov_phil_bryant_no_benefits_fo.html

[ProSense]

1. Can't deport them, then starve them

Compassionate conservatives!

[ProSense]

2. Kick! n/t

[pampango]

3. Democratic states pass Dream Acts; republican states work to make life more miserable.

Not much surprise in Mississippi joining other republican-run states in trying to make life as miserable as possible for people who would benefit from Obama's action on undocumented immigrants who were brought here as children.

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