I am also pleased. Mr. President. that H.R. 4 takes a number of steps toward ending the abuse of the welfare system by those legal immigrants who come to America not to go to work. but to go on welfare. H.R. 4 does this by giving the States the option to deny welfare benefits to noncitizons. Equally important. Mr. President. H.R. 4 requires that. for most meanstested welfare programs. both the income and the assets of a legal immigrants sponsor are deemed to be those of the noncitizen for a period of 5 years. This "dteming" provision is designed to prevent noncitizens from going on welfare. This is good public policy. Noncitizens. after all. remain. by definition. citizens of other countries. If they come to the United States and fall on hard times. they can. quite simply. go home. They should not. in all fairness. expect to be supported by Americans who are not their fellow citizens.
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Legal immigrants come to America not to work, but to go on welfare.