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The Cost of Welfare Use By Immigrant and Native Households

Center for Immigration Studies Download a PDF of this Backgrounder. Jason Richwine, PhD, is an independent public policy analyst in Washington, D.C., and a contributing writer at National Review. In September 2015, the Center for Immigration Studies published a landmark study of immigration and welfare use, showing that 51 percent of immigrant-headed households used at […]

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61 Million Immigrants and Their Young Children Now Live in the United States

Three-fourths are legal immigrants and their children Steven A. Camarota is the director of research at the Center for Immigration Studies. A new analysis of government data from December 2015 indicates that more than 61 million immigrants and their American-born children under age 18 now live in the United States; roughly three-fourths (45.3 million) are […]

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One in Five U.S. Residents Speaks Foreign Language at Home Arabic and Urdu are the fastest growing

Record 63.2 million; Arabic and Urdu are the fastest growing Download a PDF of this report Steven A. Camarota is the Director of Research and Karen Zeigler is a demographer at the Center for Immigration Studies. Newly released Census Bureau data from the 2014 American Community Survey (ACS) shows that a record 63.2 million U.S. […]

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Welfare Use by Immigrant and Native Households

An Analysis of Medicaid, Cash, Food, and Housing Programs Download a PDF of this Backgrounder Steven A. Camarota is the director of research at the Center for Immigration Studies “Decision Demographics has verified the methodology and findings reported in the tables and figures of this report. Decision Demographics is an independent demographic consulting firm located […]

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Immigration Reform News: UACS, Trump and Maryland Governor

Immigration reform news of the week from the Federation for American Immigration Reform.  We also highly recommend those of you with social security examine their latest report on the impact “amnesty” would have on this entitlement program.  Amnesty: Breaking the Social Security Bank UACs Still Crossing the Border at Crisis Levels Trump Unveils Immigration Enforcement […]

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Immigration Reform News July 14, 2015 and Illegal Sanctuaries

Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) GOP Lawmakers Target Illegal Sanctuaries after San Francisco Murder Judge Threatens Secretary Jeh Johnson with Contempt of Court for Violation of Injunction Clinton Campaign Makes Illegal Aliens Eligible for Contest to Meet Hillary New Mexico Cracks Down on Fraud, Sees Drastic Drop in Illegal Alien Driver’s Licenses [caption id=”attachment_42429″ […]