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Originally Posted by Jim in CT

There's absolutely no way that's true. Do you EVER tire of being so deceptive? While illegal aliens themselves are banned from many welfare programs, their children born here, are not. More than 60% receive some kind of welfare, and they have more kids than American citizens, and public education is astronomically expensive. They can, and do, go the emergency room for medical treatment.

No group of 10 million people, most of whom barely have a high school diploma and don't speak English, will avoid being a drain. Maybe in my parents' generation when you could go to the factory, work hard, and provide for your family. Not anymore.

You really are something.

https://newspunch.com/63-percent-imm...elfare-census/

After looking at your link, nice source by the way, I’d note it cites the same data we debunked a few weeks ago as not reinforcing your point. Read, think.
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[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by spence

After looking at your link, nice source by the way, I’d note it cites the same data we debunked a few weeks ago as not reinforcing your point. Read, think.
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you don’t like the source.

Do the kids of illegals qualify for welfare, yes or no.
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[Pete F.]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

you don’t like the source.

Do the kids of illegals qualify for welfare, yes or no.
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Why would that matter

Second-generation Americans—the 20 million adult U.S.-born children of immigrants—are substantially better off than immigrants themselves on key measures of socioeconomic attainment, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data. They have higher incomes; more are college graduates and homeowners; and fewer live in poverty. In all of these measures, their characteristics resemble those of the full U.S. adult population.

Hispanics and Asian Americans make up about seven-in-ten of today’s adult immigrants and about half of today’s adult second generation. Pew Research surveys find that the second generations of both groups are much more likely than the immigrants to speak English; to have friends and spouses outside their ethnic or racial group, to say their group gets along well with others, and to think of themselves as a “typical American.”

The Pew Research surveys also find that second-generation Hispanics and Asian Americans place more importance than does the general public on hard work and career success. They are more inclined to call themselves liberal and less likely to identify as Republicans. And for the most part they are more likely to say their standard of living is higher than that of their parents at the same stage of life. In all of these measures, the second generation resembles the immigrant generation more closely than the general public.
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[spence]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

you don’t like the source.

Do the kids of illegals qualify for welfare, yes or no.
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Any website that proudly displays its bias is instantly suspect.

As for kids of illegals, if they were born here they are citizens then they may qualify for some as they rightly should. You’re conflating data points in your highly biased link between legal immigrants and illegal immigrants by the way.
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[scottw]

Originally Posted by spence

Any website that proudly displays its bias is instantly suspect.

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you are always suspect