House Panel Eyes No Welfare for Non-Citizens Act, Would Strip Benefits From Legal Residents

All non-citizens would lose access to every federal public benefit, even those who live and work here legally.

Green card holders would lose eligibility for federal benefits they can currently access after five years of residency.

Visa holders would be explicitly barred from all federal public benefits with no exceptions.

Undocumented immigrants would lose access to the limited emergency benefits currently available to them.

Non-citizens would lose Medicaid access, including emergency Medicaid currently available regardless of status.

Legal immigrants who currently qualify for SNAP after five years of residency would be cut off from food assistance.

Non-citizens would lose eligibility for federal housing programs like Section 8 and public housing.

Non-citizens who paid into unemployment insurance through their jobs would no longer be able to collect benefits.

Non-citizens with disabilities would lose access to federal disability programs like SSI.

Non-citizens could lose access to SSI and potentially other Social Security benefits they've paid into.

Legal immigrants currently eligible for ACA marketplace subsidies could lose that coverage.

Non-citizen parents who file taxes could lose eligibility for the child tax credit.

Non-citizens with chronic illnesses would lose access to federal health programs that help manage their conditions.

Farms relying on non-citizen workers could face labor shortages if workers lose safety-net benefits.

Naturalized citizens keep their benefits, but non-citizen family members in their households could lose access.