When did this became a racial thing, it just happens that these people got caught and they happened to be Filipino, it doesn't mean that all Filipinos are the same.  You should not be judging people by the ethnical background.  Crimes such as this one are being committed by all racial backgrounds and they will get caught eventually.  In this instance, YES, they need to go in jail and faced jail time and high fines.   America is the most generous country, public assistance programs and other government both state and federal public assistance programs needs to be re-looked at and impose a much stricter grounds in order to qualify to protect the interest of all Americans and tax payers.  Regardless of the applicant's racial background and life status, they all must be subject to limited assistance.   Public assistance should be limited to a certain amount of time and cost NOT Permanent.