Posted on 12/04/2018 7:03:40 AM PST by SeekAndFind
A majority of “non-citizens,” including those with legal green card rights, are tapping into welfare programs set up to help poor and ailing Americans, a Census Bureau finding that bolsters President Trump’s concern about immigrants costing the nation.
In a new analysis of the latest numbers, from 2014, 63 percent of non-citizens are using a welfare program, and it grows to 70 percent for those here 10 years or more, confirming another concern that once immigrants tap into welfare, they don’t get off it.
The Center for Immigration Studies said in its report that the numbers give support for Trump’s plan to cut non-citizens off welfare from the “public charge” if they want a green card that allows them to legally work in the United States.
“The Trump administration has proposed new ‘public charge’ rules making it harder for prospective immigrants to qualify for lawful permanent residence -- green cards -- if they use or are likely to use U.S. welfare programs,” said CIS.
“Concern over immigrant welfare use is justified, as households headed by non-citizens use means-tested welfare at high rates. Non-citizens in the data include illegal immigrants, long-term temporary visitors like guest workers, and permanent residents who have not naturalized. While barriers to welfare use exist for these groups, it has not prevented them from making extensive use of the welfare system, often receiving benefits on behalf of U.S.-born children,” added the Washington-based immigration think tank.
The numbers are huge. The report said that there are 4,684,784 million non-citizen households receiving welfare.
And nearly all, 4,370,385, have at least one worker in the house..
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
They engage in fraud and theft.
They wire cash back HOME.
Stop all welfare and aid to any illegal alien invader. Get out! Our society does not need parasites.
Free stuff!!!
What could possibly go wrong?
That was the plan of the left. Forcibly take money from workers and give it to slackers who will gratefully vote democrat.
The thing that struck me is how many naturalized citizen households are also on welfare. I guess “Come to America to get free stuff” is truthful.
So that’s 4.6 million households telling their relatives and acquaintances back home about all the free stuff they get. And the democrats want to give illegals the right to vote. And open the borders. It would be like black friday at walmart when they open the doors.
> A majority of “non-citizens,” including those with legal green card rights, are tapping into welfare programs set up to help poor and ailing Americans <
This could have been fixed easily anytime in 2017 or 2018. The GOP had the White House, and the Congress. Just pass a law limiting US government benefits to US citizens.
But noooo...that might offend the open-borders folks. Better to sit around and do nothing.
Democrat voter demographic
Another progressive-left social engineering project, funded by massive government spending and massive debt - in our completely printed, fiat, Federal Reserve money.
Socialism will die when we return to a monetary system that isn’t controlled by central planners.
the GOP, led by RINO Ryan has IMPOSED this on America.
it will not be forgotten.
RE: the GOP, led by RINO Ryan has IMPOSED this on America.
OK, what will be the consequences of a Pelosi speakership? Will it improve or worsen?
How do non-citizens receive Medicaid??
One of the biggest welfare handouts to illegals is their fraudulent “tax returns.”
Yes, I call that welfare. Hardly ever prosecuted, because... “racist.”
My wife and I see this first hand every time we go to a grocery store around here. First, we feel like minorities in our own country. When we go to check out practically everyone in front of us in line is either using an ebt (warfare card) or trying to cash some sort of massive government check.
One time a Muslim lady who barely spoke English was trying to get the cashier to cash a $6000 government assistance check. We had to put our groceries back in the cart and go to the end of another line. We have had a massive influx of foreign Muslims in our area.
I would like to see the non-citizen counts broken down by legal / asylum and “other”.
IOW, how many immigrants that have a “right” to be here because we allowed them in are on welfare as compared to the others - then contrast that with the rest of the categories.
I would expect legal ones to be quite a bit lower than the rest of the non-citizens -but be grouping them all together we don’t get a real picture.
Also of interest would be that same breakdown in the second generation. Again, to get a picture of how this develops over time.
What city do you live in?
The US is a free-money fountain.
They would be fools not to come here.
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