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Cut the cord? 50% of US immigrants on welfare: CIS

Thursday, August 9, 2012 2:34

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The Coming Depression Editorial Staff (original story here)

immigrants tend to make economic progress by most measures the longer they live in the U.S. but lag well behind native-born Americans on factors such as poverty, health insurance coverage and homeownership.

Immigrants lag behind native-born Americans on most measures of economic well-being — even those who have been in the U.S. the longest, according to a report from the Center for Immigration Studies, which argues that full assimilation is a more complex task than overcoming language or cultural differences.

The study, which covers all immigrants, legal and illegal, and their U.S.-born children younger than 18, found that immigrants tend to make economic progress by most measures the longer they live in the U.S. but lag well behind native-born Americans on factors such as poverty, health insurance coverage and homeownership.

The study, based on 2010 and 2011 census data, found that 43 percent of immigrants who have been in the U.S. at least 20 years were using welfare benefits, a rate that is nearly twice as high as native-born Americans and nearly 50 percent higher than recent immigrants.

The report was released at a time when both major presidential candidates have backed policies that would make it easier to immigrate legally and would boost the numbers of people coming to the U.S.

International perspectives

Canada is, we understand, is one of the only countries in the world which permits sponsorship of family members. Perhaps it is time that this program itself came in for a very closed look. Given the numbers involved – in excess of 600,000 according to the article – Canadian tax payers are now footing the bill for the equivalent of building and maintaining a fair sized city to house and support these people. The hidden costs would potentially far out way any potential welfare fraud. The whole infrastructure, roads, hospitals etc that are required for a group this large would cost a huge amount and this cost would go in perpetuity with potential for little contribution in tax revenue. Given the aging population (the Baby Boom generation) is just reaching the stage of putting a massive strain on our health care system is this really the time we should be doing this kind of thing?

Sure, collect money from fraud on the low end. But what about the rampant white-collar frauds, which are 1000x times worse?

The tax-scams that cost Canada billions, done by white-collar crooks and Bay St suits. You never hear about that. They attack the poor for minor fraud, as they are an easy target. Whereas white-collar fraud is a million times worse, and they do nothing about it, because the guys who run the country want to protect their friends. Look at the Canadian bigwigs who got charged in the USA. In Canada, they were free to pillage.

European experience with “open borders”

Addendum: Spain, teetering on the edge of bankruptcy, now has over 6 million foreign born nationals residing within its borders, comprising 14 percent of the population.

It’s ‘open borders’ immigration policy prior to the crash of 2008 is to blame. Spain is resorting to cash incentives to persuade immigrants to renounce their Spanish citizenship and return to their homelands.

The ticking timebomb is Islamic immigration from North Africa, and Roma from Eastern Europe. Impoverished South Americans make up a third group.

Islamists claim Iberia as part of the Islamic territories, and a thriving militancy among the immigrants has already shown itself in the Madrid train bombings of 2004.

Instability and insecurity are the lasting consequences of Spain’s reckless immigration of the past decade.