Federal policies exclude many legal immigrants from public benefits like food stamps or Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) assistance. Many states have stepped in, using their own funds to fill in the gaps—which means the services and supports available to immigrant families depends largely on where they live. This new brief from the National Center for Children in Poverty looks at what’s happening and where children in low-income immigrant families do and do not have supports available to native-born families.

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