The gravy train for illegal immigrants living in taxpayer-funded housing just got derailed as the Trump administration effectively tells them: “Leave now!”
At a Glance
- Trump administration terminates federally-funded housing assistance for illegal immigrants through new HUD policy
- New memorandum of understanding between HUD and DHS aims to stop taxpayer money from subsidizing housing for illegal migrants
- Illegal migrants and non-permanent residents, including DACA recipients, are barred from receiving FHA mortgages
- HUD cited data showing 59% of illegal migrant households benefit from government welfare programs, costing approximately $42 billion
- Trump has signed executive orders to eliminate all taxpayer-funded benefits for undocumented immigrants
America First: Housing for Americans Only
Remember when our government used to actually put Americans first? Well, we’re finally getting back to that. The Trump administration has taken decisive action to ensure that American housing programs are for American citizens—what a revolutionary concept, right? Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem have announced a sweeping termination of federal housing program assistance for undocumented immigrants. This should have been common sense all along, but somehow it took a second Trump term to make it happen. The new memorandum of understanding between DHS and HUD has one crystal clear purpose: stop your tax dollars from subsidizing housing for people who broke the law to get here.
According to data cited by HUD, a shocking 59% of illegal migrant households have been benefiting from government welfare programs, costing American taxpayers approximately $42 billion. That’s YOUR money going to people who jumped the line while millions of actual citizens struggle to find affordable housing. And you can thank the Biden administration’s “come one, come all” border policies for making this crisis exponentially worse. The new policy isn’t just about public housing, either. The administration has also closed the loophole that allowed illegal immigrants to receive taxpayer-backed FHA mortgages—you know, those low-income home loans designed to help struggling Americans achieve homeownership.
The Biden Border Crisis Cleanup
For four painful years, the Biden administration prioritized illegal aliens over American citizens. Their policies weren’t just misguided—they were a direct slap in the face to every law-abiding American struggling to put a roof over their family’s head. Now, thanks to Trump’s leadership, we’re seeing a dramatic course correction. The new policy ensures that government-backed, low-income home loans will go to the people they were actually intended for: American citizens and legal permanent residents. DACA recipients, those with pending asylum claims, and other non-permanent residents are no longer eligible to receive these taxpayer-backed loans. It’s about time someone in Washington remembered who pays the bills around here.
“American tax dollars should be used for the benefit of American citizens, especially when it comes to an issue as pressing as our nation’s housing crisis,” Scott Turner said in a statement. “This new agreement will leverage resources including technology and personnel to ensure American people are the only priority when it comes to public housing.”
In a refreshingly blunt statement, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem delivered a message that leaves no room for misinterpretation: “If you are an illegal immigrant, you should leave now. The gravy train is over.” Hallelujah! Someone in Washington finally has the courage to state the obvious. Illegal immigration has consequences, and one of those consequences should be that you don’t get to benefit from the very system you disrespected by entering illegally. The policy change supports Trump’s executive order titled “Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Open Borders,” which aims to eliminate all taxpayer-funded benefits that have served as magnets for illegal immigration.
Broader Crackdown on Illegal Benefits
This housing policy is just one part of a comprehensive strategy to ensure that taxpayer resources don’t support illegal immigration. The Trump administration has also revoked waivers that allowed colleges in Oregon and California to use federal funds for services to undocumented students. The Department of Education’s Acting Under Secretary James Bergeron made it clear that programs like TRIO, designed to help disadvantaged Americans navigate higher education, will no longer be “corrupted to advance an American-last agenda.” The administration is also targeting sanctuary cities that shield illegal immigrants from federal law enforcement, threatening to block federal funding from jurisdictions that refuse to cooperate.
“The TRIO Program was designed to provide support and guidance to disadvantaged Americans as they navigate the road to and through postsecondary education. The Department will not allow the true purpose of the program to be corrupted to advance an American-last agenda.”
The executive order also instructs federal agencies to identify and terminate programs providing benefits to undocumented immigrants, impacting everything from CHIP to emergency medical care and disaster relief. Federal agencies are now mandated to revise their programs, restrict funding, enhance verification systems, and report misuse of benefits. For too long, the federal government has operated under a bizarre philosophy where breaking immigration law was rewarded with free housing, healthcare, education, and more. The sheer insanity of that approach is finally being addressed by an administration that understands that a nation without borders isn’t a nation at all—and a social safety net stretched to cover the entire world will inevitably break.
