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Absender : tsteege@uuscdc.org (Ted Steege) Betreff : Restoration of Food Stamps to immigrants Datum : Fr 27.03.98, 21:17 (erhalten: 29.03.98) Groesse : 1603 Bytes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks to Carrie Lewis of the Food Research and Action Center, here's the latest news:
The Agricultural Research conference finished late last night with conferees agreeing to a package including slightly over $800 million in food stamp restorations for legal immigrants.
The package:
--extends the refugee exemption from 5 to 7 years; --restores benefits for Hmong --restores benefits for Jay Treaty Indians; --restores benefits for persons who are or who become disabled who entered the U.S before 8/22/96; --restores benefits to those who were 65 and in the country on 8/22/96; and --restores benefits to children who were in the country on 8/22/96.
The package does not restore benefits to families with children--only to the children themselves; does not restore benefits to elderly persons who were not already 65 or older on 8/22/96; and does not restore benefits to non-elderly, non-disabled adults.
The implementation date will be 11/1/98.
The conference report is expected to move quickly to the House and Senate floors--which could be within a matter of hours or days. Members of Congress should be urged to support passage of the Ag Research Bill as a down payment toward full restoration to all legal immigrants.
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Ted Steege, Washington Associate for U.S. Programs Unitarian Universalist Service Committee 2000 P St.,NW, Suite 505 - Washington, DC 20036 202/466-7400 fax 202/775-2636 email: tsteege@uuscdc.org
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