The food stamp program and low-income legal immigrants

Editors' note: In 1996, the U.S. Congress passed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, which had as one of its effects the withdrawal of food stamp eligibility for many legal immigrants. The following analysis from the Tufts University Center on Hunger, Poverty, a...

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Published inNutrition reviews Vol. 56; no. 7; pp. 218 - 221
Main Author Cook, J.T. (Tufts University, Medford, MA.)
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.07.1998
Oxford University Press
Subjects
Emigration and Immigration
ETATS UNIS
EUA
Federal legislation
FOOD POLICIES
Food Services - legislation & jurisprudence
Food stamps
Humans
LOW INCOME GROUPS
MIGRACION
MIGRATION
Noncitizens
Nutrition
Nutritional Status
PAUVRETE
POBREZA
POLITICA ALIMENTARIA
POLITIQUE ALIMENTAIRE
POVERTY
United States
USA
United States
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Summary:Editors' note: In 1996, the U.S. Congress passed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, which had as one of its effects the withdrawal of food stamp eligibility for many legal immigrants. The following analysis from the Tufts University Center on Hunger, Poverty, and Nutrition Policy examines the nutritional impact of this legislation on legal immigrants and discusses the arguments for restoration of these nutritional benefits. At press time, the U.S. Congress had just passed legislation to restore food stamp benefits to many legal immigrants
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1753-4887
DOI:10.1111/j.1753-4887.1998.tb01751.x