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Luis Gutiérrez: “The immigrant provisions of PRWORA created new categories of distinction among immigrants based not on their legal…”

On the recordJuly 14, 1999
The immigrant provisions of PRWORA created new categories of distinction among immigrants based not on their legal status, but on their date of arrival in the U.S.
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Luis Gutiérrez
Democratic · Illinois
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congress.gov
Jul 14, 1999

Editor's note · Context

Explanation of how PRWORA affected immigrant benefit eligibility.

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