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Michigan GOP lawmakers are raising the alarm over certain provisions in the state’s “newcomer rental subsidy” program that gives up to $500 to landlords who rent to migrants.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s administration has argued that the program is intended to help newly-arrived migrants find affordable housing and better integrate. The program, which her administration quietly launched back in October without input from the state legislature, provides “refugees and other newcomer population-eligible households with rental assistance up to $500 per month for up to 12 months, with eligibility based on immigration status and household income.”
To be eligible, migrants must be refugees, asylees, special immigration visa holders, victims of human trafficking, Cuban and Haitian entrants, Afghan nationals or Ukrainian humanitarian parolees. Migrants who have an asylum claim that is merely pending are also eligible.
Migrants at the southern border and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. (Getty Images)
This means that migrants who illegally crossed the border and claimed asylum to avoid deportation could potentially benefit from the subsidy.
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If a migrant cannot provide verification of their income – such as a paycheck or bank statement – the applicant must submit a written explanation of why there is no documentation. One of the options available to them is a “cash payment.”
Michigan House Republican Leader Matt Hall has been leading a charge to bring more awareness to the subsidy program, particularly in light of a woman’s murder last month, allegedly by an illegal immigrant in Michigan.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer delivers her State of the State address to a joint session of the House and Senate on Jan. 24, 2024, at the state Capitol in Lansing, Mich. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)
“These are the kinds of policies that attract illegals to our state,” Hall told Fox News Digital in an…
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