- WASHINGTON -- As they debate
legalization for illegal immigrants, Senators would do well to keep in
mind the most recent data on welfare use by the people in question. According
to the Department of Homeland Security, nearly 60% of illegal aliens are
from Mexico and 80% of the total are from Latin America as a whole. A new
Center for Immigration Studies analysis of 2006 Census Bureau data, which
includes legal and illegal immigrants, shows use of welfare by households
headed by Mexican and Latin American immigrants is more than double that
of native households. Among the findings:
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- * 51% of all Mexican immigrant households use at least
one major welfare program and 28% use more than one program.
- 40% use food assistance, 35% use Medicaid, 6% use
cash assistance.
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- * 45% of all Latin American immigrant households use
at least one welfare program and 24% use more than one program.
- 32% use food assistance, 31% use Medicaid, 6% use
cash assistance.
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- * 20% of native households use at least one welfare program
and 11% multiple programs.
- 11% use food assistance, 15% use Medicaid, 5% use
cash assistance.
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- See full details, plus a table and data broken out for
the following states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia,
Illinois, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, and Texas, at:
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- http://www.cis.org/articles/2007/welfarerelease.html
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- For more information, contact Steven Camarota, Director
of Research at the Center for Immigration Studies, at 202-466-8185 or
- sac@cis.org.
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- Center for Immigration Studies
- 1522 K St. NW, Suite 820
- Washington, DC 20005
- (202) 466-8185 fax: (202) 466-8076
- center@cis.org
- www.cis.org
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