Legal Opinion
Rodriguez Ex Rel. Rodriguez v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 15, 1999No. 97-5812PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARNES, Circuit Judge:
This appeal involves a class action challenge to one provision of the Welfare Reform Act of 1996, which is more formally known as the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, Pub.L. No. 104-193, 110 Stat. 2105 (1996). The challenged provision, codified as 8 U.S.C. § 1612, provides that only specified categories of aliens remain eligible for Supplemental Security Income (“SSI”) or food stamps, or both. The plaintiffs are a class of aliens who do not fit within any of the eligible categories. The plaintiffs contend that the statute violates…
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