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IMMIGRANTS IN ALASKA WIN CLASS ACTION SUIT ON STATE DIVIDENDS
Plaintiffs in an Alaska class action have succeeded in forcing the State of Alaska to include legal aliens and their children in the Alaska Permanent Fund Dividends. The Dividends are provided to all Alaska residents each year simply in return for residing in the state. For 1998, the total was $1540 per resident. The State of Alaska was denying benefits to some legal immigrants.
The case was filed as a class action and won by American Immigration Lawyers Association member Margaret Stock of Anchorage. Several hundred people are expected to benefit.
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