The Importance of Housing and Food for Non Citizens

There's many aid organizations out there that provide aid specifically to non citizens, people here not legally with no legal status it might provide them housing or food. And the question is, was that run afoul of the statute and even if it doesn't does it chill their behavior or lawyers giving advice? The government had a decent answer, which was, there's a difference between doing something that when you just assume the person is going to stay versus doing something where you're actually inducing them to stay. There's no link between those two things but somehow it worked.