The Center for Immigration Studies recently released a new study on cost of immigrant welfare use. It finds that the average household headed by an immigrant used more than $6,200 in welfare benefits in 2012 – 41 percent more than a native household average of $4,431 when cash, food, Medicaid, and housing programs are considered together. This follows up on an earlier report that looked at the rate of welfare use, which found that 51 percent of immigrant-headed households used at least one welfare program. Illegal immigrant households cost an average of $5,692 (driven largely by the presence of U.S.‐born children), … Continue reading OBAMA’S AMERICA : Illegals Are Getting More Welfare Benefits than American Citizens