Would you deny food to a hungry person because of their (or their parents) legal status?

As you know, I am about as anti illegal immigration as they get. However, I do not believe that anyone should go hungry in this country. Should a child be fed first? What about a pregnant woman? An old person? Who decides who gets what and when? Your question can become quite complicated.

No i would not deny someone food because of their legal status. I would think the main reasons why people get denied are because of the way they look, talk, and act.

The point of giving is to help. Countries give assistance and help to other countries all the time especially if their neighbors or really in need. And if anyone is hungry they should be feed or be allowed to pick and hunt for their own food.

It makes sense to want to help your own kind so if you only help your own kind your still helping someone. with all the food that there is in the world with an endless resources because things naturally reproduce and can be done in large quantities no one should go hungry even if they try to starve them self to death.

Private charities should not be regulated by the government, except to the extent necessary to prevent fraud and personal enrichment. If charities want to restrict their benefits to some classes of persons, that is their business. To whom I donate is mine.

As far as public assistance. I personally feel that it should be given in the form of an emergency loan. Perhaps aliens should pay higher employment taxes to be immediately covered by public assistance and social security. As an example, I know of an American who was hit by a car in a poor African country. She was provided with emergency medical treatment and received public assistance until the case was settled, at which time the government was repaid.

It's a hard question for me. I would not want to check Id's at the churches if they are legal or not, but I know there is a huge problem of people who do make enough, but still demand free food. People think they are entitled to this and don't care that taking food could mean that those who are truly starving would get less.

I think there are alot better ways to getting rid of illegal immigrants. We need to target other areas before looking into cutting off food.

Do a Google search for Human Rights.

What, you think the killer or child molester in jail go without food for a day?

When all American kids are fed, then maybe, just maybe, hand out whats left. Millions of our own people are hungry, too. Why should they have to stand in line behind an illegal? I have no sympathy at all. Blame the parents if you want, but their kids are not now, and should never be, our problem. As long as a free ride of any type is available, the hordes will continue. Feed our own first.

I would never deny any hungry person food

No, I would not denied food to any one,

My mother always said ," in this house we do not refuse food to any one ,Some people were served outside because of their looks, but they ate!

Food no.....anything else...yes.

I wrote the statement you made and you took it out of context. Maybe it depends on where you live.....but where I have lived....getting food from food pantries and church pantries required nothing more than showing your welfare card. I am not joking when I say I lived in areas in which Saturday was "shopping day"....meaning they went from church to church and pantry to pantry just showing their food card and getting loaded up with food. Why would you need more food with a food card? Then they would head to the hispanic flea market and sell the donated food.

If you didn't have a welfare card you had a ton of papers to fill out and tons of proof to give. There wasn't any communication between churches saying who was abusing the donations and who wasn't. It wasn't like these places gave them 1 loaf of bread and a can of beans.....they were loading them up. I mean seriously giving these people more than enough food to live on and then they'd go to the next church and get the same. Each and every week. On top of the food stamps. On top of the free breakfast and lunch programs at the schools for their children.

I don't mind HELPING people.....I do mind SUPPORTING them when they don't need it. Seriously......is a truely NEEDY person driving a brand new 45,000 vehicle? Making TRIPS back home because they give so much they can't take it in 1 load? I mean what family needs a full pick-up bed loaded with food....week after week when they get food stamps.....from a multitude of places? I am not speaking from what I heard.....I am speaking from what I personally saw.

Food pantries and churches were supposed to help those who were caught in the middle that didn't qualify for welfare......yet too poor to survive. We had hispanic cities here who gave the money they would have spent on their kids and gave it to their "sister city" in Mexico and then lined up to take the donations people gave for the "poor citizens" who supposidy NEEDED it. Sorry....that doesn't fly with me. I don't get to spend my money on what I want to and then expect others to make-up the difference.

We support our local foodbank. If fact, they are my favorite charity pickpocket, and I don't care who they feed. Hungry is hungry, and no kid should ever go hungry.

I agree with you. To deny someone food based on immigration status is morally corrupt.

That said, If they are applying at a public agency and their status is determined to be illegal, they should be well fed while in custody, and deported.