Welfare | Center for Immigration Studies

"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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Immigrants in the United States: List of Figures and Tables

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Topics: Welfare

Ex-NFL Player Engaged in Immigration and Food Stamp Fraud — and Bigamy

Topics: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Marriage Fraud

The Food Stamp Program Rewards Households with Illegal Aliens

Topics: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

Panel Transcript: Welfare Use by Immigrant Households with Children

Topics: Welfare

Panel Video: Welfare Use by Immigrant Households with Children

Topics: Welfare

Welfare Use by Immigrant Households with Children

A Look at Cash, Medicaid, Housing, and Food Programs

Topics: Welfare, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

A State Transformed: Immigration and the New California

Topics: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

Welfare Use By Immigrant- and Native-Headed Households with Children

Topics: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

Immigrants at Mid-Decade

A Snapshot of America’s Foreign-Born Population in 2005

Topics: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Unemployment/Underemployment Rates and Immigration, Georgia, Immigrant Profile Series, Illegal Immigration, Legal Immigration

Panel Transcript: State Lawmakers Assess Immigration Challenges

Topics: Welfare, State and Local Policy, Maryland, Virginia, In-State Tuition