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Civil Rights Groups Sue For Denial of Food Stamps to Elderly and Immigrants

StoryMarch 27, 1997
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New York City lawyers file suit in Federal District Court in behalf of more than 100,000 in New York, Connecticut and Vermont disabled and elderly legal immigrants facing disqualification for food stamps and supplemental security income (SSI). In San Francisco civil rights groups filed for 200,000 – 300,000 elderly and disabled poor in western states.

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