Executive Order 14218: Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Open Borders

What the order contains

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• Sec. 1. Purpose
• Sec. 2. Preserving Federal Public Benefits
• Sec. 3. General Provisions

Section 1, quoted from the order

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The plain text of Federal law, including the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104- 193) (PRWORA), generally prohibits illegal aliens from obtaining most taxpayer-funded benefits. Title IV of the PRWORA states that it is national policy that ``aliens within the Nation's borders not depend on public resources to meet their needs,'' and that ``[i]t is a compelling government interest to remove the incentive for illegal immigration provided by the availability of public benefits.'' But in the decades since the passage of the PRWORA, numerous administrations have acted to undermine the principles and limitations directed by the Congress through that law. Over the last 4 years, in particular, the prior administration repeatedly undercut the goals of that law, resulting in the improper expenditure of significant taxpayer resources. […]