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Ted Cruz: “A CIS analysis found that 31% of illegal alien households…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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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. And 96% of the children in those households are us but born. (32:13–32:22)

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Asserts that 31% of illegal alien households with children receive SNAP benefits.

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