Homeland Security subpoenas California's immigrant assistance program in latest crackdown on illegal immigration [View all]
Source: CBS News
May 12, 2025 / 7:00 AM EDT
In its latest legal challenge, the Department of Homeland Security has subpoenaed California's cash assistance program for immigrants. It is demanding a slew of records from Los Angeles County to determine if individuals in the United States illegally received payments stemming from the Social Security Administration, dating back to 2021.
The legal action centers on California's Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants, or CAPI, providing cash assistance to "certain aged, blind, and disabled legal immigrants" ineligible for social security payments due to their immigration status.
The pending investigation led by Los Angeles' Homeland Security Investigations – an investigative arm of DHS – has sought the following records:
Applicant's Name and Date of Birth Copies of Applications Immigration Status Proof of Ineligibility for SSI from the Social Security Administration Affidavits in Support of the Application
Recipients of Los Angeles County's CAPI program must be non-citizens who have been lawfully admitted into the U.S., paroled, granted conditional entry, or whose removal has been withheld. Candidates include Afghan and Ukrainian humanitarian parolees. According to Los Angeles County's website, the payments are designed for recipients who are ages 65 or over, blind, or disabled. According to the Department of Homeland Security, "more than 2 million ineligible illegal aliens received a Social Security Number in fiscal year 2024 alone."
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This is nothing more than stunt harassment. If the person is "ineligible for SS" then the STATE is providing money, NOT the feds. "States Rights" and all that. They should blow it off like DHS blows off court orders.
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