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

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Op-Ed Considers Guatemalan Emigration: ''Is It Worth It?"

Topics: Costs of Immigration

Overreach on OPT May Kill the Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs

Topics: Optional Practical Training Program (OPT), Wages, Jobs, and Poverty

Government Data Shows Enormous Pool of Potential Workers in Texas and Florida for Rebuilding

Topics: Unemployment/Underemployment Rates and Immigration

Leaked Refugee Report Suffers Significant Flaws

Topics: Costs of Immigration, Refugees

The Truth About One-Sided DACA Reporting

Topics: Wages, Jobs, and Poverty, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)

Raise More than a Quarter Trillion Dollars of Tax Revenue by Ending Tax Subsidies for Unauthorized Employment of Illegal Aliens

Topics: Costs of Immigration

Deportation vs. the Cost of Letting Illegal Immigrants Stay

Topics: Costs of Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

SNAP Still Gives Preference to Illegals over Citizens

Topics: Costs of Immigration

Among the Working-Age in Tennessee, All Employment Gains Since 2007 Have Gone to Immigrants

Topics: Costs of Immigration, Wages, Jobs, and Poverty

Refugees Do Not Pay Their Own Way

Topics: Costs of Immigration, Refugees and Asylum, Refugees