How do they comply? Some of the changes asked for by these counties are technical in nature. such as increasing the time permitted for job search to be more realistic for areas where the average search even for nonwelfare recipients is twice as long as that permitted under the bill. Other changes are more fundamental. such as restoring some assistance to the elderly and disabled legal immigrants. I know President Clinton shares many of these concerns. and will propose a number of changes in his budget soon to be released. I hope the door is not closed to at least looking at what the facts are. I believe It would really be unconscionable. and in a sense. the height of irresponsibility. to arbitrarily say we will not look at any problem or any misdrafting in that bill. I will point out one area in my remarks later where I think it is simply a case of misdrafting. Let me speak for a moment about legal immigrants. There are 500.000 elderly and disabled nonoitizens nationwide who will lose SSI by August 22. 1997. Of these legal immigrants 205.000 are in Californiamore than 40 percent. That is a very real problem. Many of these individuals are seriously ill and completely destitute. with no family capable of supporting them.
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