Why are these people living here?

From the November 26, 2007 New York Times....
Mr. and Mrs. Bencosme arrived in the United States from the Dominican Republic in 1995, invited by a sister of Mr. Bencosme’s. After years of toil — she in a factory, he as a dishwasher — they won a small measure of comfort and ease. Now their days of paid employment are over: He has heart disease; she has back problems, arthritis and osteoporosis. But they have no time to relax, especially Mrs. Bencosme. Their older son, Pablo de Jesus, joined them first, about three years ago, bringing two of his children to Washington Heights, where the Bencosmes were living in one room of a three-bedroom apartment. They rented a second room in the same apartment, and a busy life of school drop-offs, job searches and sleeping arrangements began. Their younger son, Pablo Martin, 38, arrived about a year and a half ago, adding two more children to the household. By then Mrs. Bencosme and her husband were living on Mr. Bencosme’s disability benefits of $710 a month, her Social Security payments of $163, and about $400 in food stamps....

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Years of toil!? At most, twelve before they begin sucking up the benefits of living here. Why are they bringing over more family members who obviously cannot support themselves? This is one of the 'Neediest Cases?'

I have a few suggestions on how to make their lives not so neeedy.

1. Stop having children you cannot support.

2. Stay in the Dominican Republic where you don't have to worry about heating oil expenses.

The punchline to all of this is that while this is supposed to be tugging at our heartstrings their other son is still sending much of his money back to the Dominican Republic.