On the recordJuly 14, 1999
The Fairness to Legal Immigrants Act of 1999...proposes the most extensive restoration to date and offers the first substantive opportunity to right the wrongs done to legal immigrants by PRWORA.
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Introduction of a bill aimed at restoring benefits to legal immigrants.
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