It is an astonishing fact that right now, welfare fraud, fraudulently taking government assistance benefits is not a deportable offense under the immigration laws. This law will change that and make it a deportable offense. Let me give you some basic statistics. 48% of households headed by illegal immigrants received food related welfare benefits. 48%. Nearly half specifically SNAP. A CIS analysis found that 31% of illegal alien households with children draw SNAP benefits. One in five households getting WIC Women's Infants and Children or SNAP is headed by a non citizen. (32:03–32:11)
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Asserts that 48% of households headed by illegal immigrants receive food-related welfare benefits.
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