Noncitizen Eligibility for Federal Public Assistance : Policy Overview and Trends.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Administrative law.

Noncitizens.

Food stamps.

Emigration and immigration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (28 p), digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2011.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This report is one in a series of updates. For the most recent coverage of this report series, please see 07-RL-33809 in the 2007 issue.

Provides overview of previous and existing alien eligibility law for the supplemental nutrition assistance program (formerly the food stamp program), the supplemental security income program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant programs, and Medicaid. Reviews related immigrant policies affecting eligibility; trends in noncitizen poverty and benefit use; and Federal and State benefit eligibility standards for unauthorized aliens. Includes tables and graphs.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Apr. 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Noncitizen Eligibility for Federal Public Assistance

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