Mr. President. today I am Introducing legislation desined to insure that the benefits of the Federal subsidized housing programs will remain available to those Americans who are most in need. This measure would prohibit illegal aliens from taking advantage of public housing assistance to the detriment of many eligible lowincome Americans by providing the Department of Housing and Urban Development with the necessary statutory authority to inquire Into the citizenship status of persons applying for Federal housing subsidies. An internal study by the GAO has found that there have been substantial numbers of illegal aliens in federally assisted housing proiects. Although nearly all Federal assistance programs such as medicare. supplemental security income. food stamps. and public service employment require that participants be permanent. or at least legal residents of the United States. Congress deleted a citizenship requirement from the housing subsidy program in 1952.
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