President. I am pleased to cosponsor this amendment and commend my colleagues for bringing this important issue before the Senate. We have discovered an unintended gap in the budget agreement with regard to SSI coverage for disabled immigrants. If this budget agreement is adopted. elderly immigrants dependent on SSI assistance who are also disabled will continue to receive that assistance. However. the Social Security Administration states that it may take 6 months for the agency to review the current SSI caseload and make that determination. In the meantime. many elderly immigrants will lose their assistance. only to requalify later on the basis of their disability. Clearly. this was not intended under the budget agreement. and I commend Senator DOMENICI. Senator LAUTENBERG.
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