I oppose the amendment. I feel this amendment will create a very large loophole in our Nations traditional policy that newcomers must be selfsupporting. Under the bill. of course. an immigrant is deportable as a public charge if he or she uses more than 12 months of public assistance within 5 years after entry. All of the meanstested programs. meanstested welfare programs--SSI. public housing. Pell grantscount toward this 12month total for deportation. An exception is provided only for those programs that are also available to illegal aliens --emergency medical services. disaster relief. school lunch. WIC. and immunization. Under the House bill. only certain programs make the immigrant subject to public charge deportation. and those programs are SSI. AFDC. Medicaid. food stamps.
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