The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) found that 71 percent of illegal alien households with children receive some kind of welfare. Commonly this is the case when the children are born in the U.S. Under the legal provision of birthright citizenship, these children are counted as citizens, and are eligible for welfare on the same basis as other citizens. Each year, according to CIS, between 350,000 and 400,000 of these children were born in the U.S. Only 39 percent of native-headed households with children receive welfare.
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