Welfare is the reason

Welfare is the reason why immigrants (legal and illegal) come and stay.

 51% of migrant  households – both legal and illegal – receive some kind of public assistance compared to just 30% of native born households states  a recent report by the Center for Immigration Studies.

 The report documents that:

In 2012, 51 percent of households headed by an immigrant  (legal or illegal) reported that they used at least one welfare program during the year, compared to 30 percent of native households

Welfare in this study includes Medicaid and cash, food, and housing programs.T he Center for Immigration Studies’  shocking report documents that: 

Welfare use is high for both new arrivals and well-established migrants.

 Of households headed by those  who have been in the country for more than two decades, 48 percent access welfare.

No single program explains immigrants’ higher overall welfare use. For example, not counting subsidized school lunch, welfare use is still 46 percent for immigrants and 28 percent for natives.

Not counting Medicaid, welfare use is 44 percent for immigrants and 26 percent for natives.

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 Firenze Sage:   And so there goes the argument about coming here for freedom.