I'm guessing you mean besides the coyotes.
Not to get your goat but there's this guy http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/10/02/presidential-memorandum-refugee-admissions-fiscal-year-2014
Then there is http://www.state.gov/j/prm/releases/factsheets/2011/181029.htm Their friends are listed on that page, too.
That website, on a different page, explains it takes over a year for a refugee to get in the program but I knew a Lebanese gentleman who told me he got here within ten days of filling out a form on a whim.
He was walking into town back in war torn Lebanon and saw a crowd. Being a curious fellow, he joined them and learned the State Department was offering entry into the U.S. There were requirements but the most difficult one was getting $500 together.
After he showed the State Department representative the five hundred bucks he gave most of it back to his friend.
He was a nice guy, had two jobs and complained about his wife a lot but I doubt the idea of beating her with a stick ever entered his mind.
Here's some statistical data on what happens after they get here. http://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/middle-eastern-and-north-african-immigrants-united-states
More than one-quarter of immigrants from the MENA region lived in poverty in 2011.
In 2011, about 27 percent of immigrants from MENA countries lived in poverty, compared to 20 percent of all immigrants and 15 percent of all native born. Immigrants from Sudan (44 percent), Yemen (41 percent), and Iraq (38 percent) were most likely to live in poverty while immigrants from Morocco (21 percent), Lebanon (18 percent), Algeria (15 percent), and Kuwait (12 percent) were least likely to live in poverty.
Note: Individuals residing in families with a total annual income of less than the federal poverty line are described as living in poverty. Whether an individual falls below the official poverty line depends not only on total family income, but also on the size of the family, the number of children, and the age of the head of household. The ACS reports total income over the 12 months preceding the interview date.
OK. So “only” 1/4 were on welfare.