Others want to help elderly immigrants who will lose Federal benefits because they are not citizens.
Governor Bush said this week that he is opposed to plans to cut off benefits for elderly and disabled legal immigrants.
The mass over, the congregation of mostly elderly immigrants began to file out.
There has been a huge increase in the number of elderly immigrants on welfare.
These elderly immigrants and their sponsors testified that they were not likely to go on welfare.
He also explains to these elderly Soviet immigrants the basics of their religion.
The nightmare this produces for thousands of elderly immigrants and their families is obvious.
More than 130,000 elderly and poor immigrants in the city are expected to lose Federal social welfare benefits unless they become citizens.
President Clinton wants to restore most benefits to elderly immigrants.
And advocates say that some desperate elderly immigrants even talk of suicide.