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Courts urged to extend SSI to Puerto Rico residents
By El Nuevo Día - Don Abraham Rivera, 70, took his son Emanuel Rivera Fuentes, 35, in his arms to place him in the wheelchair and crossed the avenue, accompanied by the young man's mother, 65, supported by a walker. They reached the...
Experts to the Supreme Court: "dignity has no geographic limits" and urge to give parity to the island
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is one of the few welfare programs that has a national character, does not depend on state contributions and the eligibility criteria do not consider where the person lives but their...
Delay in PAN increase for beneficiaries in Puerto Rico denounced
By Metro.pr – Hispanic Federation, the Food Security Coalition, and a host of allied organizations urged Congress to end discrimination against Puerto Rico and the territories to provide federal nutrition assistance...
José Luis Dalmau and "Tatito" Hernández also argue that the United States discriminates against Puerto Rico in the ISS on the basis of racial and national origin.
By El Nuevo Día - Washington D.C.- The heads of the Senate and the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico stressed today, Tuesday, before the U.S. Supreme Court that denying residents of the island the same rights and privileges of other citizens...
Organizations denounce "irreparable harm" to seniors from discrimination in SSI program
Thousands of Puerto Rico residents suffer "irreparable harm" because they are excluded from the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program for living on the island, where there is a higher percentage of older adults than in the U.S. and Puerto Rico...
Some 90 businesses and civic groups ask Congress for equal treatment for Puerto Rico in food aid
By El Nuevo Día - Washington D.C. - Nearly 90 businesses and civic groups have called on Congress to move forward with Democratic legislation that would allow Puerto Rico, American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands to be included in the U.S. Navy's...