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NGOs Offering Illegal Immigrants Community ID Cards That Open Door to Services Critics Call ‘Incentives’

They say agencies and non-profits help make illegal border crossers feel more at home by helping with housing, food and health care.
NGOs Offering Illegal Immigrants Community ID Cards That Open Door to Services Critics Call ‘Incentives’
Illegal immigrants walk through razor wire surrounding a makeshift migrant camp after crossing the border from Mexico, in El Paso, Texas, on May 11, 2023. John Moore/Getty Images
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
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10/26/2023|Updated: 10/26/2023
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Identification cards for illegal immigrants are increasingly being issued by non-government organizations (NGOs) to help them establish a foothold in U.S. cities and access services they can’t get through federal programs.

The ID cards are often called community IDs and are accepted by police departments, school districts, and food programs in some blue cities nationwide.

Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Reporter
Darlene McCormick Sanchez is an Epoch Times reporter who covers border security and immigration, election integrity, and Texas politics. Ms. McCormick Sanchez has 20 years of experience in media and has worked for outlets including Waco Tribune Herald, Tampa Tribune, and Waterbury Republican-American. She was a finalist for a Pulitzer prize for investigative reporting.
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