Democratic states are extending welfare benefits to the undocumented
The efforts have attracted only muted controversy in their home states, but they are revolutionary
One march morning, a raucous parade of protesters passed by The Economist’s offices in midtown Manhattan. Supporters of a policy called the Excluded Workers Fund were showing their discontent, discernible above the din of city traffic, with New York’s governor, Kathy Hochul (whose office is a few blocks away). They also sought attention in other ways, disrupting traffic on the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges. Some even marched 150 miles (240km) to the state capital, Albany.
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “The welfare states”
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