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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How long do immigrants in this country have to wait until they get their hands on all the goodies - free medical, food stamps, welfare, subsidized housing, and so forth? Its an important question since the majority of them are on government assistance.

HilllRy wants to pave a path so the illegals can become citizens, but of course most of they will eventually require taxpayer-funded support. So if we are to bend the rules, ignore the fact that they broke the rules, and allow them to become citizens, I think it's only fair that we should have a requirement that they must be self-sufficient. I've heard there's a five-year wait for legal immigrants, so we can't reward illegals by giving them the same wait. I'd say....10 years. Thoughts?

[b]Educated, self-sufficient,[/b] and law-abiding legal immigrants are always welcome in this country. I am speaking of ILLEGAL immigrants.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/09/01/immigrant-welfare-use-report/71517072/[/quote]
My parents were uneducated, poor legal immigrants, and at times were on food stamps. They have now paid more into the system than they get back. I have also paid waaay more into the system earning six figures a year in the past 10 yrs than I will ever get back; same for my sibling.  You are quite ignorant.[/quote]
There are always exceptions, and I know people who immigrated here legally and are now successful. [b]But the majority of immigrants are on federal government assistance programs[/b], whereas only a third of native-born are. So immigrants can come in, but they cannot expect to immediately be supported by tax-paying Americans. It drives up more of a burden on the already suffering middle class. Sorry, but while immigrants are welcome, they need to be self-supporting. We are already $20 trillion in debt and cannot afford to bring in people who are dependent on government resources (unless refugees ....politicsl assylum,,,,that type of thing.)[/quote]
NONSENSE![/quote]
You say nonsense but apparently didn't click in the link. Slightly more than half (51 or 52 percent) of immigrant households are on government assistance (compared to a third of native-born Americans), and more than three out of four immigrant families (76%!) with children.
http://www.fairus.org/publications/the-fiscal-burden-of-illegal-immigration-on-united-states-taxpayers[/quote]

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