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WASHINGTON (AP) — In
1996, conservatives in Congress
heralded a sweeping rewrite of
the nation's welfare policies
that changed everything from
how long people could stay on
welfare to who could tap into
the benefits.
The welfare overhaul, they
declared, would end a cycle of
dependence and empower re
cipients to improve their lives.
"This is going to be one of the
greatest successes of this Congress," said one sup
porter, Rep. Zach Wamp, R-Tenn.
Two years later, some conservatives fear Congress
has gone too far to soften the brunt of the 1996 cuts.
The beneficiaries are legal immigrants, who
found their eligibility terminated for Supplemental
Security Income, Medicaid and food stamps under
the 1996 overhaul.
Arguing that the benefits served as a powerful
lure to noncitizens, Republicans said needy new
comers should turn to those who sponsored them
into the country rather than U.S. taxpayers already
burdened by rising welfare costs.
President Clinton signed the massive welfare bill,
though he made clear he was no fan of the immigrant
provisions and would work to minimize their impact.
Immigrant, anti-hunger and religious organiza
tions responded with a focused outcry, turning up
the heat on politicians by trotting before the televi
sion cameras elderly and disabled noncitizens with
heartbreaking tales of loss. Even as they pressed their
public relations blitz, the advocates also worked be
hind the scenes to build support on Capitol Hill for
restoration of the benefits.
And, less than two years later, they have achieved
success on a number of fronts.
Last year. Congress restored Medicaid and SSI for
legal immigrants.
And last week, despite the ardent opposition of
the congressional GOP leadership. Congress agreed
to restore benefits for some of the 935,000 noncitizens
dropped last year from the federal food stamp rolls.
For Rep. Joe Barton, a Republican from Ennis, the
restoration marks the gradual erosion of a good law.
"It's just a disappointment because it was a land
mark reform," said Barton, a key player in the recent
y
effort to thwart the food stamp restoratic
shame to see it kind of nickle-and-dimedat]
For immigrant advocates, the restoratior
renunciation of policies they view as hardlJ
" 1 think the welfare reform bill wassoextj
unreasonable that, in my mind, there wai
they had to fix it," Jayne Park oftheNatioi
Pacific American Legal Consortium saidir;!
view after the House voted last week to rest
stamp aid, sending the measure to President
for his promised signature.
For some, the fight is not over.
"I think that we always saw thisasadt
ment and not the full restoration, particnj
food stamps," said Diana Aviv, executive
of the Council of Jewish Federations, whidi
for restoration.
She noted that the food stamp aid bene:
250,000 of the 935,000 noncitizens dropped:
rolls last year and that newcomers remain.'fiL
for assistance. "It's a very modest fix/'sh or )
And for Cecilia Munoz of the NationalC M, 1
La Ra/.a, the focus now will turn to states sudB 1
ifornia and Texas, which stepped intothebBfl
make up for some of the lost federal assist; rsi
ally is imperative that the states take then-
were spending on immigrant kids andramfloj
their parents," sin- said. "It I
Effective Nov. 1, federal food stampeligir an
be restored for noncitizens under theageofllK |
as those w ho arc elderly and disab gm
the) were in the United States prior toth(iBTi|
law's Aii);. 22, 1 c W(->, enactment. Bi I
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s under the age of
and disabled —
States prior toth
•nactment.
Nearly two-thirds of the restored aid w:
immigrants in four states — California,\
Florida and Texas.
The Agriculture Department, which ad:
the food stamp program, estimates there
will reach 55,000 immigrants in California, : il
New York, 31,000 in Florida and 21,000in
In Texas, state officials decided tooffera-l
to 15,000 elderly and disabled immigrants J
federal cuts hit. In all, some 121,000nondtel
Texas were removed from the federal rolls J
Texas officials have yet to determineivm
redirect the state assistance to others oncefel
ble noncitizens return to the federal rolls,sac|
Department of Human Services spokespersci
ron Heinemann.
Routier fails investigative polygraphti
DALLAS (AP) — Convicted murderer Darlie Lynn
Routier believes her husband, Darin, played no role in
killing their two eldest sons and slashing her, Routier's
relatives say.
She maintains that belief, they say, even though her
husband failed a recent polygraph test.
"She knows 100 percent that Darin had nothing to
do with this. She said that the only way she would ever
believe that Darin was involved is if he confessed,"
Routier's mother, Darlie Kee, told The Dallas Morning
News in Sunday's editions.
"She said she knows Darin would never do anything
to hurt their sons."
Prison officials in Gatesville told The News Routier
was unavailable for interviews this weekend. She has
maintained her innocence as she waits for the outcome
of her appeal.
Routier, 30, agreed to the May 22 polygraph exam
at the request of Waco multimillionaire Brian Pardo,
who is investigating the crime.
Routier, 28, was sentenced to death in
1997 after a Kerr County jury convicted her
tal murder in the June 6, 1 996, stabbingdeal
couple's 5-year-old son, Damon. Thecouple'i
son, Devon, 6, also died in the attack atM
Rowlett home.
The polygraph examiner determinedRoutif
lying when answering four key questionsabo
attack. During the exam, Routier denied plan
crime at his home, stabbing his wife, knowin;
left a bloody sock in the alley and knowingtti!
tity of his sons' killer.
Routier said the test was rigged forhimtofs
do said he stands by the integrity of the exam
not eliminate Routier as a suspect in his invesW
Routier has said she thinks an intruderbre 1 -
the home, killed the boys and attacked her^
knife. Her husband told police he was sleep”
stairs with the couple's only surviving son, Drate
2 1/2, during the attack.
4r Memorial Student Center 1998 Summer Calendar of Events
Dive into Summer!
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June
Film Society Ghostbusters 9:30 p.m. Rudder Fountain
L.T. Jordan Institute for International Awareness Community,
Household & Status of Hacienda Tabi, Yucatan, Mexico and
Environmental Policies in Bolivia 1 p.m. Rudder 510
Town Hall Poolside with Polygram 2-4 p.m. Rec. Center
Outdoor Pool (A valid Texas A&M ID is required.)
Visual Arts Tour of San Antonio‘s Art Museums
(Cost: $10 Texas A&M students; $20 all others)
Cepheid Variable Anime Series 2 p.m. Biochemistry 107-108
Great Issues and Political Forum Open Microphone
11:30-12:30 p.m. Rudder Fountain
Town Hall Hypnotist Rich Ames 8:30 p.m. Rudder Theater
Town Hall Lunch Box Concert 2-4 p.m. Rec. Center
Outdoor Pool (A valid Texas A&M ID is required.)
NOVA Gaming Night at Hullabaloo 6-9 p.m. MSC Bowling
and Games Area
Black Awareness Celebration 12:30 p.m.
MSC Flag Room
NOVA SurduKahn I % a.m.-l 1 p.m. MSC 138-146
Town Hall Poolside with Polygram 2-4 p.m Rec. Center
Outdoor Pool (A valid Texas A&M ID is required.)
Cepheid Variable Pleiades Reading Circle 1 p.m. MSC 145
Cepheid Variable zlm/we Series 2 p.m. Biochemistry 107-108
Film Society Sixteen Candles 9:30 p.m. Rudder Fountain
All events are FREE, except as noted.
Dates and times may change. Check out the MSC web site:
wwwmsc.tamu.edu and the MSC Hotline at 847-5463.
Please call 845-1515 for special needs.
-Technology and the Ethics
10
14
16
July
Great Issues Drawing the Line-
of Cloning 4 p.m. Koldus 110
NOVA Gaming Night at Hullabaloo 6-9 p.m. MSC Bowling
and Games Area
Town Hall Poolside with Polygram 2-4 p.m. Rec. Center
Outdoor Pool (A valid Texas A&M ID is required.)
Visual Arts Tour of Houston’s Corporate Art Collections
(Cost: $10 Texas A&M students only)
Film Society Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
9:30 p.m. Rudder Fountain
Town Hall Lunch Box Concert 2-4 p.m. Rec. Center Outdoor
Pool (A valid Texas A&M ID is required.)
18 Cepheid Variable Series 2 p.m. Biochemistry 107-108
23 Town Hall Poolside with Polygram 2-4 p.m. Rec. Center
Outdoor Pool (A valid Texas A&M ID is required.)
23 Cepheid Variable Pleiades Reading Circle 7 p.m. MSC 145
24-26 NOVA Battle. Con 3 p.m. Fri.-2 p.m. Sun. MSC 224-225
25 Visual Arts Tour of Galveston’s Historic Homes
(Cost: $10 Texas A&M students; $20 all others)
28-29 OPAS Broadway Cabaret 7:30 p.m. College Station
Conference Center at 1300 George Bush Drive
(Cost: $2 Texas A&M students; $5 all others)
Town Hall Poolside with Polygram 2-4 p.m. Rec. Center
Outdoor Pool (A valid Texas A&M ID is required.)
August
Cepheid Variable Anime Series 2 p.m. Biochemistry 107-108
Town Hall Poolside with Polygram 2-4 p.m. Rec. Center
Outdoor Pool (A valid Texas A&M ID is required.)
Fall Leadership Conference Trinidad, Texas
Cepheid Variable Pleiades Reading Circle 7 p.m. MSC 145
30
26-28
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Funeral hom
sued for givi
improper bit
HOUSTON (AP)—Theff
a Pasadena man who died of 1
2 1 /2 years ago requested#
neral arrangements, includi”!
expensive-but-dignified pin”
What they actually got has :
them to tears — and to con”
Mainly, they want to km
John T. Mitchum was laid to
cardboard box.
"We had to go as econo#
we could," Mitchum'ssister)
Udiz of Pasadena, told theH
Chronicle. "But we paid fora';
ferent funeral than we got."
After receiving a tip, MiK
family had his body exhumed
months ago from Rosewood
rial Park in Humble. The”
found the mechanic's remains
the soggy, deteriorating box
The family is suing Budget
al Home and Rosewood f
Home. Budget is owned t)
Fields of Humble. He and hii
er, former U.S. Rep. Jack Fields
Rosewood. The owners denj
tions in the fraud case.
The case is set for trial June
fore state District Judge Tad H<
in Houston.
Mitchum, who died at 65”
cer of the larynx, was living on”
disability check after retirin?
Stanley Hardware. His large’
saw to his needs in his final#'
No family members witness?
burial on Dec. 30, 1995. A”
rainstorm forced them in# 1
hold a graveside service thene’
Funeral home attorneys
Mitchum's burial bill remainst 11 ’'
Jim Mitchum said his attorney” 1
him to hold onto the $2,000
ceived from an insurance coo 1 !
Mitchum's remains are stil
cardboard container becausett 1 -
ily refused immediate reburial in 1
er casket until after the case is#
tindJ
the B