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Welfare doesn't check if you're really you, and fraudsters have noticed

In every other part of our lives, Americans are tracked and scanned and verified. This is the age of Ring cameras, CAPTCHA and internet cookies. But suddenly, when it comes to welfare programs, we’re on horseback in the Wild West?

Where: California, Illinois, New York, Chicago, Minnesota

Exact coordinates

california: 36.780, -119.420
illinois: 40.630, -89.400
new york: 40.710, -74.010
chicago: 41.880, -87.630
minnesota: 46.730, -94.690

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