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on May 9, 2016 in World News

Immigrants Use $6,234 in Welfare Benefits per Household, 41 Percent More than Non-Immigrant Households

by Caroline May Immigrant-headed households use 41 percent more federal welfare benefits than their native-born counterparts, according to a new Center for Immigration Studies analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data. The average household headed by an immigrant (both legal and illegal) in 2012 consumed $6,234 federal in welfare benefits, while the average native-headed households consumed $4,431 in benefits, says the CIS report, which is based on data from the Census Bureau’s Survey of Income and Program Participation. Broken down by category, author Jason Richwine details how immigrant-headed households consume on average 33 percent more cash welfare (Supplemental Security Income and… View Article

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on May 8, 2016 in World News

Enacting Gun Control ‘One Of The Greatest Honors Of My Life’

by AWR Hawkins Former president Bill Clinton said May 4 that enacting gun control was “one of the greatest honors of my life.” Clinton was speaking at a Brady Campaign’s gun control awards ceremony in Los Angeles, May 4. Breitbart News previously reported that Brad Pitt and Adam McKay were co-chairs for the ceremony. And People magazine reports that Clinton attended and gave “an impromptu 30-minute speech at [the] event.” Clinton referenced signing the Brady Handgun Prevention Act in 1993, which eventually spawned the background check system for gun purchases in 1998. He also referenced signing an “assault weapons” ban in 1994,… View Article

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