TITLE

Senate rejects widening immigrants' benefit access

PUB. DATE
May 1996
SOURCE
Human Events;5/24/96, Vol. 52 Issue 20, p22
SOURCE TYPE
Periodical
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Reports on the rejection of an amendment to waive `sponsor-deeming' to give legal immigrants the same access as illegal immigrants to public benefits. Advocates of the amendment; Opponents of the amendment; Comments from legislators; Voting trends among legislators.
ACCESSION #
9605260624

Tags: EMIGRATION & immigration law -- United States;  UNITED States. Congress. House

 

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