Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is warning states they could lose federal funding if illegal immigrants are allowed access to unemployment benefits. (Getty Images)
Chavez-DeRemer urged the states to use SAVE, an online database for registered federal, state and local government agencies, to verify the immigration status of applicants seeking benefits or licenses.
The move comes as the Trump administration continues to clamp down on illegal immigrants who receive taxpayer benefits.
On Thursday, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (USDA) is taking action to ensure that illegal immigrants no longer receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, widely known as food stamps.
HUD OFFICES BECAME AS VACANT AS A ‘SPIRIT HALLOWEEN’ STORE UNDER BIDEN: ADMIN SOURCES
HUD Secretary Scott Turner, center, tours The Battery in Philadelphia. (Fox Digital )
"At HUD, we only serve one out of four Americans that we should be serving, and that has to come to an end," Turner told Fox News Digital at the time. "And so we're not only making it a priority, but we are making that our only priority, that American citizens will benefit from hard-working American taxpayer dollars."
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