Authorizes state agencies, municipalities, and authorities to provide public benefits to people who would be ineligible under federal immigration-status restrictions, so less state and local immigration enforcement via benefit denials.
A state agency may, at its discretion, provide state or local public benefits, as defined by the federal personal responsi-bility and work opportunity reconciliation act 8 U.S.C. 1621 or any successor provision, to persons who, but for such federal law restrict-ing eligibility for such benefits based on immigration status, would be otherwise eligible for such benefits from such agency.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill adds parallel provisions to executive, general municipal, and public authorities law authorizing (at discretion) state agencies, municipalities, and authorities to disregard federal immigration-status restrictions (PRWORA 8 USC 1621) when providing public benefits to otherwise-eligible persons. This is a classic expansion of a sanctuary-type policy that limits state/local cooperation with federal immigration enforcement via benefit eligibility.
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