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Immigration Restriction

The use of welfare participation rates to justify immigration restriction policies.

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Jan 27, 2026
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How do crime rates for legal immigrants compare to undocumented immigrants and U.S.-born citizens?

Multiple peer-reviewed and government-supported analyses find that —whether documented or undocumented—tend to have lower crime and incarceration rates than ; the largest, most detailed state-level st...

Jan 14, 2026
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How do welfare participation rates for Somali immigrants compare to other immigrant groups by state?

Claims about Somali welfare participation have become a flashpoint, but the data are inconsistent and often regional: the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) reported that 27% of Somali immigrant hou...

Jan 23, 2026

Do imm8grants commit widespread crime in the United states

The best available research shows widespread crime and in many measures commit fewer crimes than the U.S.-born population . Official enforcement tallies and rhetorical claims about a exist, but they d...

Jan 5, 2026

What socioeconomic factors influence welfare use in the Somali American community?

High rates of welfare receipt among many Somali American households are driven less by cultural pathology than by a confluence of socioeconomic factors: refugee arrival conditions, limited English and...

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