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Watch Out Immigrant Sponsors!

By immigrationprof

The Connecticut Department of Social Services is suing about 300 sponsors of immigrants who received public support. A provision in the 1996 federal Welfare Reform Act makes sponsors legally liable for any public assistance immigrants receive.  Click here for a news story on the efforts to go after sponsors.

KJ