While it makes a block grant. it provides S4 billion in extra money. not less. Four billion dollars in extra funds will be available to help welfare clients hold a job. and it provides up to 20 percent of the caseload will be exempt from time limits. so that if there are those people with special needs who cannot hold a job. who cannot work. who are going to have to stay on welfare beyond 2 years or beyond 5 years. it does exactly that. it gives to the States flexibility. The bill addresses a small but very growing problem of immigrants use of welfare. I. being the grandson of immigrants. understand the great culture that we have in this country due to our immigration and to our diversity of cultures. and it has contributed to the strength of America. I do not want to stop immigration to this country. but I have to tell you. we have seen lately a situation that has developed where we have 3 percent of the population. and that Is what the foreignborn population is. the immigrant population over the age of 65 now constitutes over 30 percent30 percent--of the elderly receiving SSI benefits. Something is terribly wrong. and we have found. through hearings. what is taking place. There are those people who are gaming the system.
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Foreign-born population over 65 constitutes over 30% of the elderly receiving SSI benefits.