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Anonymous22 days ago

A Center for Immigration Studies report presented in Senate testimony claims 61% of undocumented immigrant-headed households use at least one welfare program, igniting a fierce debate over methodology and immigration policy. The statistic, drawn from 2024 SIPP data, counts benefits received by U.S.-born children as household-level immigrant welfare use — a framing that rival analysts at the Cato Institute and other organizations argue fundamentally distorts the picture of who actually receives federal benefits.