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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]According to a Cato Institute study, naturalized citizens use 17% more welfare/medicaid/government assistance than American born citizens. 
https://www.cato.org/blog/immigrants-used-less-welfare-native-born-americans-2022

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The title of the CATO institute article you referenced is literally “immigrants use less welfare.” The conclusion of this article is that immigrants are a net-positive to the fiscal situation for the US government and taxpayers. You are cherry-picking a single piece of information from this article to paint a misleading and inaccurate narrative about the impact of immigration on the US. It also says “naturalized immigrants consumed 17 percent more welfare than native-born Americans because they are an older population.” This is because it takes minimum of 4-6 years to become a citizen and many people wait longer than that to apply for citizenship. So they don’t actually use more welfare if you consider the fact that they were a greencard holder first and account for that time. This is just a reflection of artificial range restriction in the data. [/quote]

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