With this new interpretation, HHS states it is complying with the law by ensuring federal benefits are administered with transparency, legal integrity, and fairness to the American people. Expanded List of Federal Public Benefits: Impact on Key ProgramsThis revised interpretation includes a significantly expanded list of programs now classified as “Federal public benefits” under PRWORA. While the updated interpretation does not alter funding levels, it ensures that public resources are no longer used to incentivize illegal immigration. HHS states that immediate application is necessary to address the “ongoing emergency at the Southern Border of the United States” and to prevent further “incentives to illegal immigration”. HHS anticipates that this notice will lead to a reduction in improper expenditures of taxpayer resources on Federal public benefits for unqualified aliens and a corresponding increase in benefits for U.S. citizens and qualified aliens.