
Illegal Immigrants With Anchor Babies Using up More Welfare Than American Citizens: Report
Published on December 27, 2023
Households headed by illegal immigrants use more welfare compared to homes headed by U.S.-born individuals, according to a recent report by the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS). While at least 59.4 percent of illegal immigrant-headed homes use one or more welfare programs, this drops to 39 percent among U.S.-born headed households, said the Dec. 19 report. High rates of welfare use among illegal immigrants “primarily reflect their generally lower education levels and their resulting low-incomes, coupled with the large share who have U.S.-born children who are eligible for all welfare programs from birth,” CIS states. “More than half of all illegal immigrant households have one or more U.S.-born children.”...
