11. So when the Supreme Court said, in effect, that there was never an employment relationship, undocumented immigrants could be barred from winning pain and suffering damages. 12. That bill bars legal immigrants from receiving benefits like food stamps, Aid to Families with Dependent Children, Supplemental Security Income, and even emergency medical care. 13. The bill, which aims to curb illegal immigration, bars illegal immigrants from seeking treatment for AIDS or the HIV virus that causes it. 14. The bill would let states decide whether to bar such immigrants from several other social welfare programs. 15. The measure would bar illegal immigrants from public schools, non-emergency health care and social services. 16. The U.S. Supreme Court overturned a federal law that barred immigrants from appealing deportation orders to federal courts. 17. The welfare reform law, for instance, has a section barring legal immigrants from receiving most benefits. 18. They also bar legal immigrants from welfare, Medicaid and other programs during their first five years here. 19. They were silent on the issue of barring legal immigrants from benefits, as Republicans in Congress had proposed. 20. Immigrants also were barred from collecting general welfare benefits and Medicaid until they live in the United States for five years. |