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Recent Staff Contributions Pass ID - Taking Security Back to September 10, 2001 New Op-Ed from Dan Stein - Schumer Puts Amnesty Over Security |
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July 15, 2009
Massachusetts Looks to Cut Benefits for Legal Immigrants Massachusetts new budget cuts health care benefits for immigrants who were previously covered by the state's health care plan. The cuts will remove coverage from 30,000 immigrants who had been covered by the state's experimental universal health insurance plan. Under the 1996 welfare reform law, in order to discourage welfare use by legal immigrants (who are supposed to be supported by their sponsors) they are not eligible for federal welfare benefits for 5 years. Some states such as Massachusetts do pay these immigrants some benefits during those 5 years. |
