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Ted Lieu: Immigrants who use public benefits, like food stamps or Medicaid, benefits that they have paid into through taxes…

On the recordSeptember 19, 2019
Immigrants who use public benefits, like food stamps or Medicaid, benefits that they have paid into through taxes, should not be penalized when they apply for green cards or other adjustments of immigration status.
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Ted Lieu
Democratic · California

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Arguing against penalizing immigrants for using public benefits.

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