(DailyAnswer.org) – Illegal immigrants are reportedly receiving nearly seven times more money than military families. Whereas under Democratic New York City Mayor Eric Adams, illegal immigrants receive prepaid debit cards and stay at hotels for free, deployed soldiers are receiving less pay than they did working in the United States.
Korean Response Force Captain Christopher Wilson wrote to Congress highlighting pay discrepancies for troops in his company. Adams is planning to pilot a scheme allowing 500 illegal immigrants to receive the cards, having already allowed the families who received vouchers to stay in designated hotels for 28 days. Each prepaid debit card grants up to $10,000 of taxpayer’s money to each migrant without any ID checks or fraud control in place.
For instance, troops in Wilson’s company receive a monthly basic allowance of roughly $460. However, they are deducted $399 each month for meals when deployed, regardless of whether they use dining halls at military bases. This means that deployed soldiers are losing $200 a month while receiving a monthly incentive pay of $195 and an additional $250 if they have families. Over a nine-month deployment period, troops make $1,860 less than they would have if they had not been deployed.
Key House lawmakers promised in February to increase junior enlisted pay but warned that budget limitations meant there might not be a quick solution. Other priorities have been noted, such as restoring military housing stipends to all soldiers and improving childcare options. Republican Nebraska Representative Don Bacon, who is the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s special quality of life panel, stressed that they may require a multi-year plan to get all the required work done.
Those found guilty of violating the program’s stipulations will be removed from it but are not at risk of deportation. New York will spend an estimated $12 billion over the next three years on caring for illegal immigrants. Adams has been criticized for telling New York’s Housing Preservation and Development Department in December they had to commit $574,000 of taxpayers’ money to MoCafi, a minority-owned New Jersey-based vendor, without considering other firms. The company is providing the migrants with the restricted prepaid Mastercards.
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