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Lateefah Simon: “That is correct. And it just makes no sense whatsoever. The sponsors may very well have had a medically devastating…”

On the recordApril 30, 1996
That is correct. And it just makes no sense whatsoever. The sponsors may very well have had a medically devastating problem that just wiped them out. So the person who is here legally is eligible for these programs and we ought to be assisting them. Here, let me just remind everyone again, legal immigrants take advantage of these programs, with the exception of SSI, less, as a percentage of the people, than native-born Americans. So I would hope we would use some common sense here and accept this amendment.
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Lateefah Simon
California
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Discussing the eligibility of legal immigrants for assistance programs.

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