Although the steps have been taken in the other body. I want to raise my concerns here before Senate committees begin the process of marking up their own reconciliation packages. For instance. one important provision of the bipartisan budget agreement would protect immigrants. legal immigrants who have come to this country. who paid their taxes. played by the rules. and who then suffer from a disabilityperhaps from an automobile accident or an illness that robs them of their ability to function as they used toeyesight or other physical ailments that affect their capacity to walk or to work. The budget agreement says these people should be protected. It states on page 22 of the agreement of the budget resolution that Congress will: ... restore SSI and Medicaid eligibility for all disabled legal immigrants who are or who become disabled and who entered the United States prior to August 23. 1996. That was a compromise date. I point out.
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