Welfare

"The average immigrant household consumes 33 percent more cash welfare, 57 percent more food assistance, and 44 percent more Medicaid dollars than the average native household. Housing costs are about the same for both groups."

- J ason Richwine, independent public policy analyst

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

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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

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

Topics: Welfare