The only solid part of the funding for this bill was the section that required American citizens who bring over alien relatives and take responsibility for them for 3 years. to extend that to 5 years to take economic responsibility for someone you bring over for 5 years. Because what is happening is that many older people are coming over. and after 3 years they are ending up on SSI. That is the disability payment system. So the 5year extension Is not a real hardship. The great majority are independent after 3 years. But I think it is a responsibility that I think we should be legitimately asking of people who bring noncitizen relatives to America. So it is a legitimate funding source. It was the only scorable funding source. and it is really unfortunate that we are going to delay its passage.
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Older immigrants are likely to end up on SSI after 3 years.