Returning to you, Maria Leticia. 
Maria Leticia: Thank you. We will see you tonight at 11. 
Ever since Donald Trump took over the presidency, many immigrants have stopped applying for benefits that they are eligible to receive. To talk about the topic, we Welcome, Bay Area Legal Aid, Attorney Melody Saint-Saëns. Tell me, have the laws changed for immigrants that seek supplemental food assistance, cash aid, or health insurance? 
Melody: The laws have not changed.  Certain rules are applicable to some immigrants, not all; for some their ability to obtain their green card or visa can be affected by getting cash aid. For people who have their green card, and are applying for their U.S citizenship, they are not subject to these rules. 
Maria Leticia: Very good! The minors who are U.S citizens, but live in a household where their parents…the mixed families, as we call them; do they qualify to receive these services, despite their parents not being eligible, because they are undocumented?
Melody: Yes, the parents can apply and continue to receive these services from these programs on behalf of their U.S citizen children. The information they provide in the application is confidential and only the people who claim their eligibility have to provide complete details.  
Maria Leticia: If a person does not know whether or not they qualify for these federal programs, where can they find this information? 
Melody: The people can communicate with their local free legal services agency, like Bay Area Legal Aid. Or if it's an immigrant, [they] can talk to their immigration attorney.  These rules do not apply to supplemental food assistance programs or health insurance program, like Medi-Cal.