How a 1996 US immigration policy changed everything
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Immigrants and the Welfare Reform Act
Ellie Honig: In 1996, Clinton was trying to end welfare as we know it. She says he lost the House and Senate so had to rethink his plan for reform. A key provision in that bill would have made legal immigrants ineligible for food stamps or Medicaid. honig: It's important not to say illegal immigrants couldn't get these programs because they were legally here.
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