Costs of Immigration | Center for Immigration Studies

“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

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Ocasio-Cortez's View of Immigration and the Economy

Bad signs for the 116th Congress

Topics: Wages, Jobs, and Poverty, Politics

No Billion-Dollar Immigration Slush Fund? It Already Exists

Topics: Costs of Immigration, Politics

Legitimizing the Public Charge Determination

Comment on "Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds," DHS Docket No. USCIS-2010-0012

Topics: Costs of Immigration

Sen. Inhofe Has a Great Suggestion about Wall Funding

Topics: Border Wall, Costs of Immigration, Senate Legislation

Health Screening Is Yet Another Benefit to Keeping the Caravan in Tijuana

Topics: Migrant Caravans, Health Care

Let's Shrink the Illegal Alien Population and Save Billions at the Same Time

Topics: Costs of Immigration

63% of Non-Citizen Households Access Welfare Programs

Compared to 35% of native households

Topics: Costs of Immigration

Central American Immigrant Population Increased Nearly 28-Fold since 1970

Poverty and welfare use double that of native-born Americans

Topics: Migrant Caravans, Costs of Immigration, Current Numbers

Enforcing Immigration Law Is Cost Effective

Each illegal alien costs nearly $70,000 during their lifetime

Topics: Costs of Immigration, Illegal Immigration

Data Shows U.S. Gives Big Firms Oodles of Millions for Not Hiring Citizens

Topics: Costs of Immigration