(NewsMax)
Sixty-three percent of noncitizens are making use of a welfare program, according to a Census Bureau study, the Washington Examiner reported on Monday.
The findings, based on the latest numbers from 2014, appear to bolster President Donald Trump’s concern that immigrants are expensive to the nation, as only 35 percent of native-headed households make use of a welfare program.
Making the point even stronger is that among those non-citizens in the U.S. for 10 years or more, those on welfare is even higher, at 70 percent.
“The Trump administration has proposed new ‘public charge’ rules making it harder for prospective immigrants to qualify for lawful permanent residence - green cards - if they use or are likely to use U.S. welfare programs,” the Washington-based Center for Immigration Studies think tank said in its report. Read more