Several preliminary points are important to understand about this issue. First. this bill is a ban. Banning is not the same as deeming. In deeming. we look to the sponsor for payment before the Government pays. Under banning. the sponsor is not Involved. The ban covers legal immigrants. with or without sponsors. Second. we are not talking about illegal immigrants. This bill bans legal immigrants from safety net programs. These are individuals and families who come here legally. play by the rules. and pay their taxes. They are future citizens trying to make it in this country. Yet this bill would repay them by banning them from assistance if they fall on hard times.
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