Crackdown on immigrants who use public benefits takes effect
(WorldNews Politics)

PHOENIX (AP) - Pastor Antonio Velasquez says that before the Trump administration announced a crackdown on immigrants using government social services, people lined up before sunrise outside a state office in a largely Latino Phoenix neighborhood to sign up for food stamps and Medicaid. No more. `You had to arrive at 3 in the morning, and it might take you until the end of the day,` he said, pointing behind the office in the Maryvale neighborhood to show how long the lines got. But no one lined up one recent weekday morning, and there were just a handful of people inside. With new rules taking effect Monday that disqualify more people from green cards if they use government benefits, droves...