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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Working-Age, but Not Working, 1960 to 2025

Documenting the decades-long increase in the share of the U.S.-born not in the labor force and its implications for immigration policy

Topics: Unemployment/Underemployment Rates and Immigration

Nearly Half of Non-Citizen Households with Young Children Use Food Welfare Programs

Cutoff of WIC & Food Stamps will affect immigrants disproportionately

Topics: Welfare

Illegal Immigrants To Be Hit Hard As SNAP and WIC Benefits Expire

Topics: Welfare

Immigration, Health Benefits, and the Government Shutdown

A bullet-point summary of the debate

Topics: Welfare

Op-Ed: The Media’s Narrative-Serving Redefinition of ‘Illegal Immigrant’

Topics: Health Care, Politics

Op-ed: Widespread ‘fact-checker’ failure on public health benefits for illegal immigrants

Topics: Welfare

Of Course Illegal Immigrants Access Public Health Benefits

Shutdown debate misses the fact that illegals already get taxpayer-funded healthcare through other pathways

Topics: Costs of Immigration, Welfare, Health Care

Op-ed: The Hidden Cost to Dem Benefits for Migrants as Government Shutdown Continues

Topics: Costs of Immigration, Health Care, Illegal Immigration

The hidden cost to Dem benefits for migrants as government shutdown continues

Topics: Costs of Immigration

Op-ed: A 1996 law prevented migrants from getting welfare — it’s been ignored for 30 years

Topics: Welfare