California's Welfare System for Undocumented Migrants

This is a brand new smartphone, and here in Los Angeles,

the government is giving them away to undocumented migrants for free,

no proof of citizenship required.

Yeah.

And the phones are only the beginning.

In the past decade, the California state government has built

a shadow

welfare system for the undocumented that costs the

state billions. They're giving away free food,

cash, housing, healthcare, college tuition,

even car insurance, no questions asked.

We wanted to see exactly how this system worked, so we went to the welfare

office here in Los Angeles. They told us that many state welfare

programs do not require American citizenship, and some,

like the cash assistance program for immigrants, which provides nearly

$14,000 a year in cash, are for migrants

only.

Citizen. Does not... I don't care about legal or not, not,

not being a

citizen.

If you know where to look, the system isn't exactly a secret.

The government is advertising it.

No Social Security number, no problem.

And Governor Newsom brags about it.

We're the only state in America providing universal healthcare regardless of

pre-existing condition, ability to pay, and your immigration status.

I know how offensive that is to people, and I get how controversial that is.

This is an outrage. California families

are working long hours,

depleting their savings, and taking out record amounts of debt to

survive while the government takes from their paycheck and hands out

free everything to migrants who have no legal right to be here.