Trump Administration Moves To Penalize Immigrants For Using Government Benefits
The idea has already sparked warnings about consequences for immigrants and the nation's health care system.
by Joel Rose
Aug 20, 2018
3 minutes
Omolara Uwemedimo says it's hard to imagine what her parents, who immigrated to New York from Nigeria decades ago, would have done if they had had to choose between food stamps and getting their green cards.
Her parents worked factory jobs back then, but when her mother got pregnant with her, Uwemedimo says, the doctor put her on bed rest.
"She actually used food stamps when she was pregnant," Uwemedimo said. "And she says that pretty much saved them
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