That's the Republican sales pitch: We just want to make sure we don't get lazy people to drain our welfare from you hard working citizens. It's not how this works though.

First off, it has always been against the law for non-citizens to get welfware except for very specific occurances.

2nd, the burden of proof is now shifted from the sponsor to the alien. It's not enough to show that you can support them or sign an affidavit of support. The immigrant now has to go through an entire process to prove they won't be a burden- in other words, prove a negative.

That means if a USC wants to sponsor their parents, their parents will go under a microscope and will be rejected if they are over a certain age, have an illness or disability, are not highly educated, don't have assets, etc. etc. etc. and best case, you have pay a $8100 bond for each one. in addition to all the other fees which you can bet will be higher since the lawyers will have to fill out more things.

This podcast will explain it all more in detail: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kuc...our/e/63183241

In other words, don't believe the Republican narrative. This is a terrible rule change and if it stays, sooner or later it will bite all of us in the ass.