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Recent Staff Contributions NEW CRS Report: Eligibility and Verification Issues in the New House Healthcare Bill Dan Stein Op-Ed: Non-citizens Shouldn't Cost Iowa a House Seat |
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November 04, 2009
Health Care Debate Focuses on Waiting Period for Legal Immigrants The debate over health care legislation in Congress has focused for now on the issue of coverage for legal immigrants. The Democratic health legislation would cover legal immigrants immediately, in contravention to the five-year waiting period that was part of President Clinton's welfare reform compromise in 1996. The debate has brought in ethnic and religious lobbying groups, the New York Times reports, who generally support universal taxpayer funded for all immigrants, legal or illegal. |
