Should citizens in public housing be able to have illegal immigrants living with them? Would this violate the citizens freedom of association?

[DrPepper12]

The Trump administration is using personal data normally protected from dissemination to find undocumented immigrants where they work, study and live, often with the goal of removing them from their housing and the workforce.

At HUD officials are working on a rule that would ban mixed-status households — in which some family members have legal status and others don’t — from public housing, according to multiple staffers who spoke on the condition of anonymity out of fear of retribution. Affiliates from the U. S. DOGE Service are also looking to kick out existing mixed-status households, vowing to ensure that undocumented immigrants do not benefit from public programs, even if they live with citizens or other eligible family members.

The push extends across agencies: Last week, Social Security numbers of more than 6,000 mostly Latino immigrants into a database it uses to track dead people, effectively slashing their ability to receive benefits or work legally in the United States. Federal tax and immigration enforcement officials recently reached a deal to share confidential tax data for people suspected of being in the United States illegall.

The result is an unprecedented effort to use government data to support the administration’s immigration policies. That includes information people have reported about themselves for years while paying taxes or applying for housing — believing that information would not be used against them for immigration purposes. Legal experts say the data sharing is a breach of privacy rules that help ensure trust in government programs and services.

“Information sharing across agencies is essential to identify who is in our country, including violent criminals, determine what public safety and terror threats may exist, scrub these individuals from voter rolls, as well as identify what public benefits these aliens are using at taxpayer expense,” the department’s assistant secretary for public affairs said.

Yes. Citizens host whoever they want.

No. Public housing has conditions.

Something else...

[PavlovsCogk]

Here is what the department of justice says on this matter: ﾠ

https://www.justice.gov/immigration/74257655

[PavlovsCogk]

@Thanks_for_the_MHO

[abc3643]

It already is likely a Federal felony.

8 U. S. Code § 1324 - Bringing in and harboring certain aliens

(a) Criminal penalties
(1)
(A) Any person who—
(iii) knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that an alien has come to, entered, or remains in the United States in violation of law, conceals, harbors, or shields from detection, or attempts to conceal, harbor, or shield from detection, such alien in any place, including any building or any means of transportation;
shall be punished as provided in subparagraph (B).

(B) A person who violates subparagraph (A) shall, for each alien in respect to whom such a violation occurs—
(ii) in the case of a violation of subparagraph (A)(ii), (iii), (iv), or (v)(II), be fined under title 18, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both;

[Amy10223]

Let's face it! The ICE officers are very much like Trump's Gestapo. Period. They won't care if you are here legally or illegally, they will come for you. There are many, many who have been sent to detention centers while being here legally, so it shows that these officers don't have the proper information or will just pick up anyone with a latin surname.

As for your question, if I find anyone in need of hiding, I will gladly do it. I will hide anyone who has been here, legally or legally when it comes down to it, no matter what. The hell with Trump and his modern day Inquisition.

[Anonymous]

No other country has this problem where they can't use personal information to deport criminals

[DrPepper12]

They voluntarily turned over that information on the expectation it would never be used against them as the tax revenue brought them into the open

[Opinion Owner]

I remember when I was in Mexico I was expected to obey the law.

[WindAtMyBack]

They aren't supposed to have ANYONE living there who was not factored into the qualifications.

Just for example, a high percentage of people in section 8 housing are single mothers. The mother and child are qualified to live there. No one else.

I have traveled the country extensively and seen a LOT of section 8 housing in many states. Without exception, there are large numbers of people living there who aren't supposed to be there.

This is not about "freedom of association". It's about specific qualifications to live in section 8 housing. They can associate all they want. But they can't live there without being qualified.

It's about damn time the government cracks down on this crap. It's abused to the extreme.

[FunkyMonkee]

I think all those insane, whiney assholes that WANT the illegals to stay here should be forced to have a couple live with them. Let's see how much they'd like it when it's THEIR wives and daughters that get raped and murdered!! They should also be forced to pay the illegals' bills and upkeep! It's bad enough I have to pay school taxes when I don't have any kids, why should I have to pay taxes to support those people that don't deserve my money? YOU want them here, YOU pay their way!!
But, unless all you watch is the fake news, you saw what happened a few years ago at Martha's Vinyard where a bunch of them were sent THERE to live and everyone there had them evicted within 48 hours!

[DrPepper12]

I want criminal illegal aliens deported rapidly, efficiently and LEGALLY. Every sane person does.

[FunkyMonkee]

Yes! Every SANE person does!!

[exitseven]

Public housing is paid for by the taxpayers. Most of the people living there do not pay any taxes. There should be some expectation that criminals are not housed there.

Our house, our rules.

[Amy10223]

Believe it or not, people who wrk need to ay taxes, immigrant or not. You work, you pay. That includes ALL immigrants, legal or not.

[exitseven]

@Amy10223 over 50 per ent of people thay work in America do not pay federal taxes. When I first hot married we were living below thr poverty line for a family of 4. when I filed my taxes I got it all back.

[Dongie]

Illegal means against the law. What's so difficult in accepting this? Harboring a fugitive is Illegal too.

[DrPepper12]

Yes. Criminally illegal, not civil.

[seeyounexttuesday]

Illegals shouldn’t be living anywhere except the country they came from.

[DrPepper12]

Bye!!
Signed,
All Native Americans

[seeyounexttuesday]

Dear Native Americans. You didn’t have a country and were conquered. You know like you did to each other regularly.

Signed,

Victors.

[DrPepper12]

WTF are you talking about?

[seeyounexttuesday]

reality.

[chrissykerdock]

if your ok with getting raped and killed

[DrPepper12]

No I avoid MAGA regions!! Too violent & misogynistic!!