President. this bill as drafted would remove from SSI. from AFDC. and from Medicaid. everyone legally in this country that happens to be a newcomer. It is retroactive in that respect. The amendment that Senator BOXER and I put forward would make this prospective. Every newcomer coming into the country after September 1 would not be able to count on any welfare benefits until they became a citizen. which generally takes about 5 years. This is a huge item. In my State alone. it would affect more than 1 million people. Thousands of them are refugees. They have no sponsors. They are aged. they are blind. they are disabled. they are children.
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