Noncitizens Use Nearly Twice the Welfare of Native-Born Americans: Study

An illegal immigrant receives help filling in his application for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in Los Angeles on Aug. 15, 2012. Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images

Noncitizens, including legal and illegal, use nearly twice as much welfare as native-born Americans, according to a study.

Out of households headed by noncitizens, 63 percent use some kind of welfare program, compared to 35 percent of houses headed by native-born Americans, the Center for Immigration Studies said, citing the Census Bureau’s Survey of Income and Program Participation in 2014.