Surprise, surprise; Census Bureau data reveals that most U.S. families
headed by illegal immigrants use taxpayer-funded welfare programs on
behalf of their American-born anchor babies.Even before the recession,
immigrant households with children used welfare programs at consistently
higher rates than natives, according to the extensive census data
collected and analyzed by a nonpartisan Washington D.C. group dedicated
to researching legal and illegal immigration in the U.S. The results,
published this month in a lengthy report,
are hardly surprising.Basically, the majority of households across the
country benefiting from publicly-funded welfare programs are headed by
immigrants, both legal and illegal. States where immigrant households
with children have the highest welfare use rates
are Arizona (62%), Texas, California and New York with 61% each
and Pennsylvania(59%).The study focused on eight major welfare programs
that cost the government $517 billion the year they were examined. They
include Supplemental Security Income (SIS) for the disabled, Temporary
Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), a nutritional program known as
Women, Infants and Children (WIC), food stamps, free/reduced school
lunch, public housing and health insurance for the poor (Medicaid).Food
assistance and Medicaid are the programs most commonly used by illegal
immigrants, mainly on behalf of their American-born children who get
automatic citizenship. On the other hand, legal immigrant households
take advantage of every available welfare program, according to the
study, which attributes it to low education level and resulting low
income.The highest rate of welfare recipients come from the Dominican
Republic (82 %), Mexico and Guatemala (75%) and Ecuador (70%), according
to the report, which says welfare use tends to be high for both new
arrivals and established residents.
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