Close to 4 million children will be in this category when the bill is fully implemented. In addition. in another shockingly cruel breach of trust. Federal funds can no longer be used to provide for children who are legal immigrants. who lawfully reside within our communities. Their need for food. clothing. shelter and medical care is being dumped entirely on the States. All the studies that have been done with regard to legal immigrant children show that they use the AFDC program less than Native Americans and they pay their fair share of Federal. State. and local taxes. We are not talking about illegal immigrants. For the first time in history. Congress will ban legal immigrants from most assistance programs. This Republican bill permanently bans legal immigrants from SSI and foo1 stamps. It bans them for 5 years from Medicaid. AFDC. and other programs.
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