The latest Census Bureau data analyzed by
the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) finds that
about 72 percent of households headed by noncitizens and immigrants use one or
more forms of taxpayer-funded welfare programs in California — the number one
immigrant-receiving state in the U.S.
Meanwhile, only about 35 percent of
households headed by native-born Americans use welfare in California.
All
four states with the largest foreign-born populations, including California,
have extremely high use of welfare by immigrant households. In Texas, for
example, nearly 70 percent of households headed by immigrants use
taxpayer-funded welfare. Meanwhile, only about 35 percent of native-born households
in Texas are on welfare.
In
New York and Florida, a majority of households headed by immigrants and
noncitizens are on welfare. Overall,
about 63 percent of immigrant households use welfare while only 35 percent of
native-born households use welfare.
President
Trump’s administration is looking to soon implement a policy that protects
American taxpayers’ dollars from
funding the mass importation of welfare-dependent foreign nationals by
enforcing a “public charge” rule whereby legal immigrants would be less likely
to secure a permanent residency in the U.S. if they have used any forms of
welfare in the past, including using Obamacare, food stamps, and public
housing.
The
immigration controls would be a boon for American taxpayers in the form of
an annual $57.4
billion tax cut — the amount taxpayers spend every year on
paying for the welfare, crime, and schooling costs of the country’s mass
importation of 1.5 million new, mostly low-skilled legal immigrants.
As Breitbart
News reported, the majority of the more
than 1.5 million foreign nationals entering the country every year use about 57
percent more food stamps than the average native-born American
household. Overall, immigrant households consume 33 percent more cash
welfare than American citizen households and 44 percent more in Medicaid
dollars. This straining of public services by a booming 44 million foreign-born
population translates to the average immigrant household costing American
taxpayers $6,234 in
federal welfare.
John Binder is a
reporter for Breitbart News. Follow him on Twitter at @JxhnBinder.
