Requiring St-. es o take these actions is not consiLent with the intent of this legislation which is to provide greater flexibility to the States to better design their specific welfare measures in ways that better suit needs and circumstances in their States and localities. I support the Graham amendment to strike certain provisions relative to legal. I repeat. legal. immigrants. The underlying bill goes too far because it would deny food stamps to severely disabled legal immigrants who have worked. and then become disabled. and because it would take food stamps away from legal immigrants. who waited their turn and came here under the rules. retroactively. I will suprnrt a Feinstein amendment which w- .uld make the prohibition against lei.Ll timmigrants receiving food stamp .- 1stance prospective. That is more fair. That will serve as a warning to future immigrants that they cannot expect to receive these benefits. but it does not yank the rug out from under legal immigrants who have played by the rules.
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