American Poverty

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For generations, America has welcomed immigrants to participate in its growth. Now, however, that stream of immigration from Western nations has turned into a flood of under-educated, untrained large families leaving a poverty-stricken nation (in Latin America or Asia) to find relief in America. The paper examines the Hunger Relief Act of 1999 and the Food Stamp Program which was introduced to combat poverty in the United States, particularly among new immigrants and illegal aliens.

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"Even as the Hunger Relief Act proposes further aid and funding for needy immigrants, the trends are troubling given evidence of food insecurity and poverty that mirrors the expanding levels of immigration. As the GAO points out, "There is a growing gap between the number of children living in poverty - an important indicator of children's need for food assistance - and the number of children receiving food stamp assistance." If this interpretation of the situation is correct, we need not be concerned with more information regarding legal and illegal immigrants. We prefer continued obfuscation and political correctness of the issues of resolving hunger to the embarrassment that clarification might bring."

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