4 nov 1996 anni - Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
(made at same time to improve welfare)
reforms the entitlement policy for poor families and imposes new limits on alien access to welfare and other social services
abolished the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC)
Supplemental Security Income, Food Stamps, Medicaid
Changes in immigrant eligibility for public assistance
New immigrants eligible for first five years-state discretion after that
Affidavits of support made b