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Luis Gutiérrez: “A May 1998 study by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) tracked household hunger among legal Latino and Asian immigrants…”

On the recordJuly 14, 1999
A May 1998 study by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) tracked household hunger among legal Latino and Asian immigrants in California, Texas and Illinois. Finding 79% of households interviewed to be food insecure, PHR called 'the cuts against individuals who are in the U.S. legally and who pay taxes... a serious human rights violation.'
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Luis Gutiérrez
Democratic · Illinois
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Jul 14, 1999

Editor's note · Context

Impact of welfare cuts on food security among legal immigrants.

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