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The Heroes Over Aliens Act would prohibit the federal government from using taxpayer money to provide or subsidize housing for people who are unlawfully present in the United States. The ban would remain in effect until the Secretary of Veterans Affairs certifies to Congress that the government has sufficient resources to provide housing assistance to all homeless veterans. The law would not apply to immigrants in federal immigration detention or incarcerated in federal or federally-funded prisons. The Secretary would base the determination on homelessness data from the Department of Housing and Urban Development and would use established criteria for measuring progress toward ending veteran homelessness. The bill essentially conditions federal housing assistance for undocumented immigrants on first solving veteran homelessness nationwide.

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