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Lest people think the threat that undocumented immigrants is not real, AP and Yahoo decided make sure this year is another year of unfounded fears. Yesterday they published a story with the headline: “Many illegal immigrants live in public housing”.

What the article essentially does is point the finger at undocumented immigrants for long waits for public housing and for a lack of affordable housing in general.

Untold thousands of illegal immigrants live in public housing at a time when hundreds of thousands of citizens and legal residents are stuck waiting years for a spot.

The impression is that the undocumented are breaking the law by living in public housing when if you read the article carefully, that’s not really the case.

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