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BeWare	Cashing in: Illegal immigrants get $1,261 more welfare than American families, $5,692 vs. $4,431 http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/illegal-immigrant-households-get-5692-in-welfare-1261-more-than-american-families/article/2590744 Illegal immigrant households receive an average of $5,692 in federal welfare benefits every year, far more than the average "native" American household, at $4,431, according to a new report on the cost of immigration released Monday. The Center for Immigration Studies, in an analysis of federal cost figures, found that all immigrant-headed households — legal and illegal — receive an average of $6,241 in welfare, 41 percent more than native households. As with Americans receiving benefits such as food stamps and cash, much of the welfare to immigrants supplements their low wage jobs. The total cost is over $103 billion in welfare benefits to households headed by immigrants. A majority, 51 percent, of immigrant households receive some type of welfare compared to 30 percent of native households, said the analysis of Census data. Immigrants receiving the most in the study of 2012 figures come from Mexico and Central America. Their average annual taxpayer funded welfare collection is $8,251, 86 percent higher than the benefits used by native households, said the report. "While it is important for Americans to understand the rate of welfare use among immigrants, expressing that use in dollar terms offers a more tangible metric that is tied to current debates over fiscal policy. With the nation facing a long-term budgetary deficit, this study helps illuminate immigration's impact on the problem," wrote the report's author Jason Richwine, a Harvard educated analyst of immigration data. The new report follows another that found President Obama seeking $17,613 for every new illegal minor, more than Social Security retirees get.
StingRay	Message here from POS Obamanation is foreigners are more important that American citizens, and the left perhaps is looking at it simply as "buying votes". Should make EVERY American sick though ... it is not right.
Michael Pond	I say cut off the bennies and enforce E-verify and they will go home on their dime. Same way they got here.
mslc10	Go Donald go
StingRay	quote: Originally posted by Michael Pond: I say cut off the bennies and enforce E-verify and they will go home on their dime. Same way they got here. Exactly Michael ... and STOP the sensitivity political correctness BS. Want a drivers license - take off your head scarf, we can't see your hair color. Want to be a girl scout or boy scout - take off the head scarf, NOT part of the uniform. Want to be an American - TAKE OFF YOUR HEAD SCARF.