Monday September 8, 2008
Gov. Rell, captured in the field this morning, had some cold words for undocumented/illegal Connecticut residents who may be planning on concocting a false Social Security number to procure some heating assistance this winter..
“The law states very clearly that if we suspect fraud in any case, including those individuals who are not legally in the country or are not legally registered as citizens, to obtain assistance that the (state Department of Social Services) may ask for Social Security numbers to ascertain eligibility. We don’t do that on an individual basis unless you suspect fraud may be in play or that someone is receiving assistance that they should not.They have already randomly checked and cross-checked people’s Social Security numbers.”
Asked what undocumented/illegal aliens should do, Rell opined:
“They may have family members that would qualify, or if there’s a member of the family who is a legal resisdent in the househould, but the person who is illegally here would not on his or her own be able to qualify.”