63% of Non-Citizen Households Access Welfare Programs
Compared to 35% of native households
Center for Imigration Studies By Steven A. Camarota and Karen Zeigler on December 2, 2018
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Steven A. Camarota is the director of research and Karen...
The Center for Immigration Studies’ latest report concludes that 42 percent of immigrant households, both legal and illegal, used Medicaid in 2012. Only 23 percent of households headed by a native-born American used Medicaid.
The report also discusses other welfare, including...