Undocumented Immigrants Cannot Get Food Stamps, Medicaid, or Welfare. The Law Has Barred Them for Decades.

Contrary to a common claim, undocumented immigrants are ineligible under federal law for SNAP (food stamps), non-emergency Medicaid, Supplemental Security Income, and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, and cannot collect Social Security or Medicare. The narrow exceptions are emergency Medicaid, emergency-room care, and WIC. Aisha lays out the eligibility rules.