Immigrants Benefits Continue

Social Policy IMMIGRANTS' BENEFITS CONTINUE TO BE STICKING POINT IN HOUSE WELFARE DEBATE Efforts to restore aid to legal immigrants cut in 1996 have polarized members of Congress despite political benefits Republicans are sending an update of welfare law to the House floor that promises a modest increase in federal child care funding, a small olive branch to Democrats opposed to increasing poor parents' work hours without such additional help. Senate Democrats, at the same time, …

…citizens 0.7 Legal immigrants 0.4 2000 Native born 26.4 Naturalized citizens 1.1 Legal immigrants 3.6 Percentage of each group living in poverty: 1993 Native born 14.4 Naturalized citizens 10.1 Legal immigrants 28.7 2000 Native born 10.7 Naturalized citizens 9.7 Legal immigrants 19.4 SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau BoxScore Bills: HR 4090, HR 4092 -- To reauthorize welfare programs. Latest Action: Ways and Means Committee approved HR 4090, 23-16, and Education and the Workforce Committee approved HR 4092, 25-20, both May 2. Next Likely Action: House debate on a combined measure the week of May 13.