What does one legally need to have to be a “welfare recipient” in the US?

Response to Laviera and Baca due 11:59pm Tuesday 6/15.
Step 1: Read the two poems in this pdf: Laviera and Baca
Step 2: Answer one of the highlighted series of questions in these notes on Laviera: notes on Laviera
An example of “highlighted series of questions” from the notes would be: “Why does the speaker repeat the lines “i am a twentieth-century welfare recipient / moonlighting in the [sun/day/night] as a latero”? What does one legally need to have to be a “welfare recipient” in the US? Also, if the verb “moonlight” means to work a second job, what is the speaker saying about his latero gig?”
Step 3: Answer one of the highlighted series of questions in these notes on Baca: notes on Baca
Be sure to include quotes from the poems in your responses to Step 2 and Step 3.

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