Trump officials investigate state aid program for people who legally migrated to US

<p>California’s Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants provides cash to elderly, blind and disabled immigrants</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/may/12/donald-trump-luxury-plane-us-china-trade-deal-tariff-latest-us-politics-news-live">US politics live – latest updates</a></li></ul><p>The <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/trump-administration">Trump administration</a>’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says it is opening an investigation into a state-funded California program that provides financial assistance to some people who legally migrated to the US as the White House continues pursuing a crackdown on immigration.</p><p>For years, California’s Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants (CAPI) has provided monthly cash assistance to elderly, blind and disabled <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/usimmigration">immigrants</a> with legal status, a much-needed lifeline for vulnerable permanent residents, refugees, people granted asylum and others. Yet, in announcing its investigation Monday into the program, DHS accused the program of “providing federal benefits” to undocumented immigrants, echoing unproven claims circulating among the US’s political rightwing.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/12/trump-investigation-california-cash-assistance-program-immigrants">Continue reading...</a>