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Do undocumented immigrants get welfare?

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DeLay said most illegal immigrants draw "welfare benefits, they’re sending their kids to school, they’re using the public services." People living in the U.S. without authorization indeed draw on public services including government-supported hospitals. read more

Concerns that undocumented immigrants impose costs on the public welfare system are a long-standing feature of the immigration debate. During the presidential campaign, candidate Trump's first general election television ad claimed that illegal immigrants were receiving social security benefits—a fact disputed by the Washington Post. read more

Surprise, surprise; Census Bureau data reveals that most U.S. families headed by illegal immigrants use taxpayer-funded welfare programs on behalf of their American-born anchor babies.Even before the recession, immigrant households with children used welfare programs at consistently higher rates than natives, according to the extensive census data collected and analyzed by a nonpartisanWashington D.C. group dedicated to researching legal and illegal immigration in the U.S. read more

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