Article snippet: One of the issues that came up in a contentious House Financial Services Committee hearing on Tuesday was a HUD rule that would enforce an existing law that only U.S. citizens or legal residents have access to federal housing benefits. The same HUD rule would amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1980 to make sure that people in the country illegally don’t displace Americans from getting housing assistance. The rule could mean as many as 55,000 children who are believed to be in households with people who are in the country illegally could be affected. “Let me be clear,” Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) said to Carson at the hearing. “Housing is a fundamental human right, and the displacement of families should be regarded as the public health crisis that it is.” Pressley said that Carson should be able to “weigh in on the health consequences of failing to invest in safe housing,” given his experience as a pediatric neurologist. “Yes or no: Is stable and safe housing a social determinant of health?” Pressley asked. Carson responded healthy housing is important. But Carson told Breitbart News the Democrat lawmaker’s concern about children being displaced — like that of many of her leftwing colleagues — doesn’t extend to all children. “Children from other places take priority over children from our own country?” Carson said. “They don’t seem to want to answer that question.” “And the people who spend all of their time [on] tearjerking stories about these 5... Link to the full article to read more