These funds provide basic services to our most vulnerable children. If administration and training do not remain an individual entitlement. our agencies will not have sufficient funds to provide the necessary child protective services. thereby placing more children at risk. 3. The eligibility restrictions for legal immigrants go too far and will shift substantial costs onto local governments. The most objectionable provisions include denying Supplemental Security Income and Food Stamps. particularly to older immigrants. Local governments cannot and should not be the safety net for federal policy decisions regarding immigration. 4. The work participation requirements are unrealistic. and funding for child care and job training is not sufficient to meet these requirements. One example of the impracticality of these provisions is the removal of Senate language that would have allowed states to require lower hours of participation for parents with children under age six. 5.
Keywords matched
immigrants immigration