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Vance: Harris Gifting Illegals $25K for Mansions. Sure, Jan.

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Published August 23, 2024 at 5:06am by

JD Vance

Statement: “Kamala Harris wants to give $25,000 to illegal aliens to buy American homes.”

In the latest piece of political theater, Sen. JD Vance, Trump's newest lapdog, is crying foul because Kamala Harris wants to give everyone a slice of the American dream. What's next, she's handing out free tacos at the border?

"Kamala Harris wants to give $25,000 to illegal aliens to buy American homes," Vance whined on Aug. 16 on X, formerly Twitter. "This will only further exacerbate the housing shortage in our country. It's a disgrace. We should be making it easier and more affordable for American citizens to buy homes."

The Vance campaign pointed PolitiFact to Harris’ recently announced proposal to give first-time homebuyers up to $25,000 for a down payment. What a nightmare, right? Helping people buy homes? Only in America, folks.

Harris announced this at an Aug. 16 campaign rally. She didn’t dive into the weeds, so who knows how it’ll work or who gets the cash. But here’s what we’ve got:

What is Harris’ down payment assistance proposal?

Without much detail, Harris pledged down payment assistance. Because heaven forbid the government actually explain things.

"As the Harris-Walz plan starts to expand the supply of entry-level homes, they will, during their first term, provide working families who have paid their rent on time for two years and are buying their first home up to $25,000 in down payment assistance, with more generous support for first-generation homeowners," the campaign said in an Aug. 16 news release.

Harris also mentioned the proposal at the aforementioned campaign rally, Aug 16 in Raleigh, North Carolina.

"We also know that as the cost of housing has gone up, the size of down payments have gone up as well," she said. "Even if aspiring homeowners save for years, it often still is not enough. So, in addition, while we work on the housing shortage, my administration will provide first-time homebuyers with $25,000 to help with the down payment on a new home."

In practice, what might Harris’ plan look like?

Harris’ plan builds on a similar Biden administration proposal in March. Biden called on Congress to provide as much as $25,000 in down payment assistance for first-time homebuyers whose parents didn't own homes. That plan is mentioned in the 2024 Democratic Party Platform, which Democrats formally adopted Aug. 19 at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

Under Harris’ plan, people whose parents owned homes would also qualify for assistance. Imagine that! Parental privilege, who knew?

In March, Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., and six Democratic co-sponsors, introduced legislation that would provide up to $20,000 federal grants to help first-generation homebuyers with certain home purchase expenses.

Why did Vance claim an immigrant in the country illegally could qualify?

The Vance campaign said that migrants who entered the U.S. illegally under the Biden-Harris administration could, over time, qualify for Harris’ down payment assistance proposal. Apparently, if you wait long enough and the government is too incompetent to process asylum claims, you'll get a check.

A 2023 Congressional Research Service report found that "unauthorized noncitizens" — meaning foreign nationals who entered the U.S. "without inspection," "with fraudulent documents" or who entered legally but overstayed "the terms of their temporary stay" — are not eligible for employment authorization or a work-authorized Social Security number. Plus, most immigrants living without authorization in the U.S. are not eligible for benefits from federal programs.

PolitiFact's ruling

Vance said, "Harris wants to give $25,000 to illegal aliens to buy American homes."

The GOP vice presidential nominee is filling in blanks about a proposal that we know little about.

Harris has pledged to provide "working families who have paid their rent on time for two years" who are first-time homebuyers with $25,000 in down payment assistance. She has not detailed what the policy would entail or who would qualify.

The Vance campaign argued that migrants could get Social Security numbers that might qualify them for down payment assistance. Social Security numbers are typically given only to noncitizens who are authorized to work in the U.S.

At PolitiFact, the burden of proof is on the speaker. Having seen no specific details from Vance’s team that demonstrate Harris’ proposal would benefit immigrants in the country illegally, we rate his claim False.

PolitiFact Staff Writer Maria Ramirez Uribe and Researcher Caryn Baird contributed to this report.

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