The bill now before the Senatethis is in the bill that is before you. this is in the bill that came from the Judiciary Committee by a vote of 13 to 4requires that all meanstested welfare programs consider the sponsors Income when determining whether or not a sponsored individual Is eligible for assistance. That is as simple as It can be. The U.S. Government expects the sponsors to keep their promises In all cases. That Is what it is. We should be clear about what deeming does. Deeming is. perhaps. a bit confusing. It Is a simple word that something is deemed to be. In this case. the sponsors income is deemed to be that of the immigrant for the purposes of computing these things. Deemingthis is very important. The bill will not deny welfare to an individual Just because he or she is a new arrival.
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