Nearly a million legal immigrants have been lopped off the federal food stamps roll.
Advocates worry that there are few avenues to replace that aid.
TX alone has taken no steps to provide relief to the 168,000 immigrants there who were receiving food stamps earlier this year. Though some immigrant-advocacy groups are hoping to build on their recent success in restoring SSI to elderly and disabled noncitizen immigrants, many acknowledge it wont be easy to restore aid to holders of green cards who lost food stamps. 80 percent of the funding is for creating work slots, and to cover Food Stamps benefits for individuals who cant find employment. The 5-year exemption of refugees and asylees from restrictions in the welfare law is extended to 7 years for SSI and Medicaid only. All provisions will be retroactive to the enactment date of the welfare law.