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Senate Amnesty Could Strain Welfare System



Newest Data Shows Latin American Immigrants Make Heavy Use of Welfare

WASHINGTON, June 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- 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:
* 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.

* 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.

* 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.
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:
http://www.cis.org/articles/2007/welfarerelease.html.
For more information, contact Steven Camarota, Director of Research at
the Center for Immigration Studies, at 202-466-8185 or sac@cis.org.



SOURCE Center for Immigration Studies

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