Laura Ingraham Promotes Anti-Immigrant Lie About Benefits For ‘Illegals’

In her eagerness to promote what Fox called Donald Trump’s “immigration crackdown,” Fox News contributor Laura Ingraham spouted vicious falsehoods portraying undocumented immigrants as moochers sponging off law-abiding folks.

INGRAHAM: A shocking percentage of illegal immigrants are on both Medicaid and getting other types of disability benefits, food stamps. A lot of them have children. And if you poll that in the United States I would imagine people aren’t happy about that because of the money we’re spending.

Or maybe people aren’t happy because that’s fake news.

As CNN noted in 2014, undocumented immigrants don’t qualify for most social programs like food stamps or Medicaid. They can get emergency health care and schooling. Citizen children of undocumented immigrants qualify for social benefits. “The truth is that undocumented immigrants contribute more in payroll taxes than they will ever consume in public benefits,” the network reported.

Ingrham’s error was not corrected.

Watch her get away with her immigrant-bashing lie below, from the February 21, 2017 Special Report.

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commented 2017-03-04 22:26:35 -0500 · Flag

Interesting. Two of Laura Ingraham’s three adopted children are from Russia, where she has spent a considerable amount of time. According to Wikipedia. Hmmmm,….the plot thickens.

commented 2017-03-04 13:47:20 -0500 · Flag

Bearing false witness is not a sin if you wear a big cross around your scrawny neck. That’s in Two Corinthians I think.

commented 2017-03-04 13:32:16 -0500 · Flag

Bye-bye Laura. You and Faux Spews are getting put out daily with the Drumpf tràsh.

commented 2017-03-04 12:37:47 -0500 · Flag

Homeboy, she probably has a couple of checks kiting around since it sounds like she wasn’t paying her bills. And these are supposed to be the people we learn business sense from???!

commented 2017-03-04 12:16:53 -0500 · Flag

If you’re a Fox News fanboy or fangirl the ‘truth’ is anything you want to hear.

commented 2017-03-04 12:15:47 -0500 · Flag

The Dartmouth Disgrace Ingraham had a good week. She didn’t ounce a check all week(at least that we know of)

commented 2017-03-04 09:32:36 -0500 · Flag

Here in Houston I go shopping at one local supermarket that I suspect caters to a lot of undocumented Hispanic folks. They have a real good selection of fruit and veggies. Anyway standing in the checkout line with my groceries I watch as these Hispanic women pull up in line with sometimes two carts brimming over with groceries. There is not a welfare card in sight. When these women pay they pull out a wad of cash that could choke a horse. Either somebody is working hard for that cash or these women are married to Al Capone.

commented 2017-03-04 08:28:24 -0500 · Flag

No, No, Anita. That cross is to protect her from The Vampiress she sees in the mirror.

commented 2017-03-04 06:54:29 -0500 · Flag

Take that cross off ~ damn hypocrite!

commented 2017-03-04 06:51:54 -0500 · Flag

Her business is in the tank, FAUX FAKE NEWS are being caught in lies after lies and their rating is falling like a cement rock. Now you see desperation.