亚历山大·奥卡西奥-科尔特斯众议员公布了一系列经济政策,作为她“公正社会”计划的一部分,包括允许非法居住在美国的移民享受与美国公民相同的福利待遇。
这位纽约国会女议员共公布了六项立法提案,旨在解决美国存在的“严重不平等”
一揽子想法包括繁荣之地法案,旨在创建一个稳定的租赁住房市场,以保护租户和遏制企业房东。
还有《承认贫困法》这将确保卫生和公共服务部调整联邦贫困线,以考虑到诸如“地理成本变化、健康保险相关成本、家庭工作费用、儿童保育需求以及互联网接入等新必需品”等规定
奥卡西奥-科尔特斯,他之前推动绿色新政,也宣布拥抱法案该法案将允许所有移民,包括非法居住在美国的移民,获得与美国公民相同的联邦公共福利。
“我们的国家必须认识到我们的历史——移民、被奴役的人民和难民建立了这个国家。奥卡西奥-科尔特斯的宣言指出:“当我们创建一个包容最弱势群体、为所有人铺平繁荣道路的公正社会时,我们都会做得更好。”。
“该法案将确保所有有需要的人都有资格参加社会安全网的最大项目,无论他们的移民身份如何。”
根据提议,联邦公共福利包括任何退休、福利、健康、残疾和失业福利,以及美国机构向个人、家庭或家庭提供的任何类似付款或援助
唐纳德·特朗普总统宣布,给予所有移民与已经合法居住在美国的公民同样的福利权利所有移民的签证都将被拒绝世卫组织无法证明他们能够在入境后30天内负担得起医疗费用。
特朗普表示,将于11月3日实施的新规定旨在阻止“给美国带来财政负担”的移民
特朗普在一份声明中表示:“尽管我们的医疗保健系统努力应对无偿护理带来的挑战,但美国政府却接纳了数千名没有支付医疗保健费用能力的外国人,这让问题变得更糟。”。
白宫引用了医疗保健政策智库凯泽家庭基金会的一份报告,该报告称合法移民没有医疗保险的可能性是美国公民的三倍。
奥卡西奥-科尔特斯在推特上谴责这项政策是“伪善、仇外心理和野蛮合二为一的”。
她补充道:“美国甚至没有为自己的公民提供有保障的医疗保健,但却想向其他国家的人要求。”
奥卡西奥-科尔特斯在纽约她家乡的一个市政厅后说,她还没有提出福利提案的费用数字。
据路透社报道,奥卡西奥-科尔特斯说:“这是一个只问及公众普遍福利的问题,不是我们问及战争的问题,也不是我们问及共和党削减2.1万亿美元税收的问题。”。
“对于那些可能附有价格标签的人,我们很乐意与他们进行对话。”
2019年10月3日,在纽约市皇后区莱夫拉克市皇后图书馆的市政厅会议上,美国众议员亚历山大·奥卡西奥-科尔特斯(纽约民主党)发表讲话。这次活动的重点是她的“公正社会”立法,其目标是贫困、经济适用房和获得联邦福利。
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ PROPOSES FULL WELFARE BENEFITS FOR ALL IMMIGRANTS, REGARDLESS OF LEGAL STATUS, AFTER TRUMP VISA BAN
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has published a series of economic policies as part of her plans for a "just society," including allowing immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, the same welfare benefits as U.S. citizens.
The New York congresswoman has published a total of six legislation proposals which aim to tackle the "stark inequalities" which exist in the U.S.
The package of ideas includes The Place to Prosper Act, designed to create a stable rental housing market to protect tenants and rein in corporate landlords.
There is also The Recognizing Poverty Act which would ensure the Department of Health and Human Services adjusts the federal poverty line to account for stipulations such as "geographic cost variation, costs related to health insurance, work expenses for the family, child care needs, and new necessities, like internet access."
Ocasio-Cortez, who previously pushed for the Green New Deal, has also announced The Embrace Act, which would allow all immigrants, including those living in the country illegally, to be provided with the same Federal public benefits as U.S. citizens.
"Our nation must recognize that our history—immigrants, enslaved peoples, and refugees built this country. We all do better when we create a just society that embraces our most vulnerable populations and paves a path to prosperity for all," Ocasio-Cortez's manifesto states.
"This bill would ensure that all persons in need are eligible for the largest programs of the social safety net, regardless of their immigration status."
According to the proposal, Federal public benefit includes any retirement, welfare, health, disability, and unemployment benefits, as well as any similar payments or assistance that are provided to an individual, household, or family by an agency of the U.S.
The idea to give all immigrants the same welfare rights as those already legally living in the U.S. as citizens arrived as President Donald Trump announced that visas will be denied for all immigrants who cannot prove they will be able to afford health care within 30 days of entering the country.
Trump said the new rule, which will come into place on November 3, aims to stop immigrants who will "financially burden the United States."
"While our healthcare system grapples with the challenges caused by uncompensated care, the United States Government is making the problem worse by admitting thousands of aliens who have not demonstrated any ability to pay for their healthcare costs," Trump said in a statement.
The White House cited a report from the Kaiser Family Foundation, a health care policy thinktank, which claimed that legal immigrants are three times as likely as U.S. citizens to not have any health insurance.
In a tweet, Ocasio-Cortez condemned the policy as "hypocrisy, xenophobia, and barbarism all in one."
She added: "The United States doesn't even offer guaranteed healthcare for *its own citizens,* yet wants to demand it from people of other national origins."
Speaking after a town hall in her home district in New York, Ocasio-Cortez said she has yet come up with a figure for how much her welfare proposal would cost.
"This is a question that is only asked about the general welfare of the public and it's not a question that we ask about war, it's not a question that we ask about the $2.1 trillion GOP tax cut," Ocasio-Cortez said, reported Reuters.
"For those that may have a price tag attached to them, we're happy to have that conversation."
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks during a town hall meeting at the LeFrak City Queens Library on October 3, 2019 in the Queens borough of New York City. The event focused on her A Just Society legislation, which targets poverty, affordable housing, and access to federal benefits.