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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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

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

Topics: Costs of Immigration, Welfare

Undoing Clinton’s Sabotage of Restrictions on Immigrant Welfare Use

Here’s what President Trump can do

Topics: Costs of Immigration, Welfare

Welfare Consumption by Illegal Immigrants Is Inevitable — as Long as They’re Here

Topics: Welfare

Welfare Use by Immigrants and the U.S.-Born, 2022

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

Topics: Costs of Immigration, Welfare

If DACA Beneficiaries Are ‘Lawfully Present’, They Shouldn’t Be Receiving State and Local Public Benefits

Topics: Welfare, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)

Senate Votes to Cancel Biden Immigrant-Welfare Rule

Topics: Costs of Immigration, Welfare

Biden’s New Public Charge Regulation Goes into Effect

DHS doesn’t seem to know who exactly they work for

Topics: Welfare

NPR Falsely Claims High Immigrant Welfare Use is a Myth

Topics: Costs of Immigration, Welfare, Media Coverage of Immigration Policy