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The “stateless” designation makes it extremely difficult for them to get jobs and receive basic government-provided services.

“The workers and communities we represent suffer when government-provided services such as health care, education, infrastructure, water, energy, and public safety decline.” the complaint said.

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Consider what is spent on workers delivering some of our most valuable government-provided services, such as police and fire protection, education and national defense.

In many working-class areas of the U.K., there is a lot of resentment toward these new arrivals, who are viewed as competitors for jobs and government-provided services, such as education, health care, and welfare. “A majority of people thought immigration is too large, and that leaving the E.U. would bring it down,” John Curtice, a political scientist at Strathclyde University who is also the BBC’s resident polling guru, said on-air on Thursday, as the results came in.

Considering that a full-time job that pays $7.25 an hour totals less than $15,000 per year, which is below the poverty level, Elrich said that extra cash will greatly help struggling families and perhaps lessen their reliance on government-provided services.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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