Trump Admin Moves to End Taxpayer-Funded Benefits for Illegal Immigrants

‘Postsecondary education programs funded by federal government should benefit American citizens, not illegal aliens,’ Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said.

The Department of Education in Washington on April 28, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

Multiple agencies updated their policies on July 10 to block illegal immigrants from receiving federal benefits through their programs.

The move follows President Donald Trump’s executive order in February directing federal agencies to identify government-funded programs that “permit illegal aliens to obtain any cash or non-cash public benefit” and to bring those programs align with the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA), a law that prohibits illegal immigrants from getting “federal public benefits.”