Programs which have protected millions of American children have been repealed under this bill. disregarding annual reports of child abuse and neglect of as many as 2.9 million children. This bill would blockgrant foster care and adoption assistance funds which would cripple the ability of these programs to rescue children from abusive or unsafe situations. place children in appropriate homes. and recruit and train foster parents and parents wanting to adopt. Finally. this bill scapegoats legal. taxpaying immigrants In this country. despite the fact that Immigrants pay the Federal Government more than $70 billion in taxes annually-$25 billion more than immigrants use in services. The Republican plan unfairly restricts Immigrant access to the safety net. arbitrarily prohibiting Americas 22.6 million foreignborn residents from receiving food stamps and SSI unless and until they become citizens. States would be given the option to bar legal immigrants from Medicaid. temporary assistance for needy families. and title XX social services block grants. School lunches are arbitrarily denied to certain categories of immigrant school childrenan unfunded mandate which would impose massive administrative burdens on schools. By denying Women. Infants and Children [WIC] assistance to certain categories of pregnant women who are immigrants. this legislation Ignores clear medical evidence that WIC has contributed to lower infant mortality and reductions in the incidence of low birthweight babies. It is outrageous to abandon immigrants who have complied in every way with U.S. law and who have earned their right to live peacefully in this country. This Republican welfare reform conference report unrealistically looks at poor families as lazy castaways who want to receive welfare rather than work. It says if you are poor. you have to find a job but dont deserve job training or search assistance.
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Poor families are unrealistically looked at as lazy castaways who want to receive welfare rather than work.