Illegals DO cost us
"After looking at the Census Bureau’s Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), the report found immigrants - both documented and undocumented - used a disproportionate amount of the nearly half a trillion-dollar welfare budget for the 2012 fiscal year. While Medicaid was the most popular, Supplemental Security Income, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, the Women Infants and Children food program, subsidized school lunches, food stamps and housing subsidies were also largely utilized."
Imagine how it's ballooned since then.
"Even with the exclusion of Medicaid, 44 percent of immigrants use other major supplemental programs [...]
The study, put out by the Center for Immigration Studies, found the number of households using the benefits sharply inclined to 76 percent when children were added into the mix.
While most illegal and newly legal immigrants are barred from using welfare programs upon arrival, the report shows children are frequently used as a loophole"
Report: 51 Percent Of Immigrants Use Welfare Programs
USA Today propaganda on it. Report: More than half of immigrants on welfare
"a self-professed conservative who worked in President Reagan's administration, said it's irresponsible to say immigrants are taking advantage of the country's welfare system any more than native-born Americans.
Chavez said today's immigrants, like all other immigrant waves in the country's history, start off poorer and have lower levels of education, making it unfair to compare their welfare use to the long-established native-born population."
They mention the Reagan Administration because apparently that's supposed to have added weight. It doesn't.
It doesn't matter if they are doing it more than Americans. Americans are our citizens. That's a false comparison.
How many are we supposed to take? There are more than a billion living in poverty. How many do we take into our nation of 300 million?
Why is it we don't have the right to say no to subsidizing people we didn't ask to come and don't want to stay. THis is insanity.
"Chavez, president of the Becoming American Institute, a conservative group that advocates for higher levels of legal immigration to reduce illegal immigration, said politicians should be careful about using the data. "
Gee whiz. Sounds Latino, and pushing for even more immigration while defending welfare to immigrants. Oh but "self described conservative" and "Reagan". No.
"'These kids who get subsidized school lunches today will go on to graduate high school ... will go on to college and move up to the middle class'"
It's an investment! Where have we heard that before? Fromm every leftist for all spending?
"Camarota said one of the most shocking findings from the report was the high number of native-born Americans also on welfare"
But that can't be because illegals drive down wages and take jobs. No, sir.
Imagine how it's ballooned since then.
"Even with the exclusion of Medicaid, 44 percent of immigrants use other major supplemental programs [...]
The study, put out by the Center for Immigration Studies, found the number of households using the benefits sharply inclined to 76 percent when children were added into the mix.
While most illegal and newly legal immigrants are barred from using welfare programs upon arrival, the report shows children are frequently used as a loophole"
Report: 51 Percent Of Immigrants Use Welfare Programs
USA Today propaganda on it. Report: More than half of immigrants on welfare
"a self-professed conservative who worked in President Reagan's administration, said it's irresponsible to say immigrants are taking advantage of the country's welfare system any more than native-born Americans.
Chavez said today's immigrants, like all other immigrant waves in the country's history, start off poorer and have lower levels of education, making it unfair to compare their welfare use to the long-established native-born population."
They mention the Reagan Administration because apparently that's supposed to have added weight. It doesn't.
It doesn't matter if they are doing it more than Americans. Americans are our citizens. That's a false comparison.
How many are we supposed to take? There are more than a billion living in poverty. How many do we take into our nation of 300 million?
Why is it we don't have the right to say no to subsidizing people we didn't ask to come and don't want to stay. THis is insanity.
"Chavez, president of the Becoming American Institute, a conservative group that advocates for higher levels of legal immigration to reduce illegal immigration, said politicians should be careful about using the data. "
Gee whiz. Sounds Latino, and pushing for even more immigration while defending welfare to immigrants. Oh but "self described conservative" and "Reagan". No.
"'These kids who get subsidized school lunches today will go on to graduate high school ... will go on to college and move up to the middle class'"
It's an investment! Where have we heard that before? Fromm every leftist for all spending?
"Camarota said one of the most shocking findings from the report was the high number of native-born Americans also on welfare"
But that can't be because illegals drive down wages and take jobs. No, sir.