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Why must Alt Right news outlets keep making baseless lies to keep the poorly educated - uneducated?

https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-illegal-2200-payment-government-821946727757
No, migrants do not receive $2,200 each month from the federal government

CLAIM: The Biden administration is giving people who enter the U. S illegally payments of $2,200 per month.

AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. People who enter the U. S. illegally are not eligible for federal cash assistance, with the exception of certain Cubans and Haitians, immigration experts told The Associated Press. Refugees and people granted asylum, as well as some other humanitarian migrants, are entitled to certain public benefits, including cash assistance related to their initial resettlement, though it is not as high as $2,200 each month.


THE FACTS: Social media users are falsely claiming that people in the U. S. illegally receive thousands of dollars in monthly payments from the federal government, an issue that has been misrepresented before online.

One tweet states: “According to a release by the legal immigration group ALIPAC, the Biden administration is giving some illegal aliens payments of $2,200 per month!”

The information cited in the tweet was published by the Americans for Legal Immigration PAC. It relies on an Aug. 21 Tucker Carlson interview with retired Army Col. Douglas Macgregor. About half way through the segment discussing the Russia-Ukraine war, Macgregor said that “every alleged asylum seeker, illegal migrant pouring in through the border in Texas or wherever else” is given a monthly payment of $2,200.

But those who are in the U. S. illegally are not eligible for such benefits, with rare exceptions, immigration experts said. Certain groups, such as refugees and people granted asylum, do receive cash assistance from the federal government, though at much lower levels than those being claimed online.

Why must Alt Right news outlets keep making baseless lies to keep the poorly educated - uneducated?
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