Costs of Immigration

“The share of immigrant-headed households (legal and illegal) with a child (under age 18) using at least one welfare program continues to be very high. This is partly due to the large share of immigrants with low levels of education and their resulting low incomes — not their legal status or an unwillingness to work. . ."

- Steven A. Camarota, Director of Research at CIS

Wages, Jobs, and Poverty

Social Security

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Welfare Use by Immigrants and the U.S.-Born, 2024

Comparing program use by foreign- and U.S.-born-headed households

Topics: Welfare

The Economic and Cultural Challenges of Afghan Immigration

Topics: Costs of Immigration, Afghan Refugees, Assimilation and Citizenship

Op-ed: False refugee study used by Dems to justify open borders — and massive spending

Topics: Welfare, Refugees

False refugee study used by Dems to justify open borders — and massive spending

Topics: Welfare, Refugees

Re: Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility, DHS Docket No. USCIS-2025-0304

Regulatory Comments

Topics: Welfare

DHS Proposes to Repeal Biden’s Public Charge Regulation

CIS submitted a public comment to support DHS’s effort to comply with federal law

Topics: Federal Regulations, Welfare

Trump DOJ Undoes Clinton Sabotage of the 1996 Welfare Reform Law

It depends on what the meaning of ‘federal means-tested public benefit’ is

Topics: Costs of Immigration, Welfare

Somali Immigrants in Minnesota

Profile of a struggling group

Topics: Costs of Immigration, Welfare, Minnesota

DHS Proposes New Public Charge Regulations

The new proposal repeals changes made by the Biden administration in 2022

Topics: Welfare

Immigration and Social Security Numbers: A Primer

Topics: Social Security, REAL ID Act and Secure Identification