Illegal immigrants can apply for unemployment benefits, states claim

Texas and 23 other states trying to block President Barack Obama’s recently announced immigration orders are holding up the costs of providing unemployment insurance, education, health care, driver’s licenses and other programs to illegals as evidence that the directives will cause them ‘irreparable damage’ if allowed to take effect.

 

The states made the case in a filing submitted to a Texas court ahead of a hearing on Thursday at which they hope to obtain a preliminary injunction barring the Obama administration from proceeding with its plans to give more than 4 million illegal immigrants work permits.

 

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