{"id":16941,"date":"2018-04-24T08:48:27","date_gmt":"2018-04-24T12:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=16941"},"modified":"2018-12-28T10:34:19","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T15:34:19","slug":"new-immigrants-struggle-dhs-eyes-public-charge-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2018\/04\/24\/new-immigrants-struggle-dhs-eyes-public-charge-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"As New Immigrants Struggle, DHS Eyes \u2018Public Charge\u2019 Reform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recent rosy reports touting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cato.org\/blog\/family-diversity-immigrants-are-far-better-educated-us-born-americans?utm_content=bufferdebb5&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">educational attainment<\/a> of new U.S. immigrants ignore a harder fact: The latest arrivals are more dependent on welfare programs.<\/p>\n<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/cis.org\/Report\/Better-Educated-Not-Better\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">analysis of new Census Bureau data<\/a> finds that while more immigrants come with college degrees, for a variety of economic and public policy reasons the road to self-sufficiency can be a long one:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In 2007, 6 percent of new immigrants were on Medicaid; by 2017 it was 17 percent.<\/li>\n<li>Food stamp use in new immigrant households increased from 4 percent to 13 percent during the period.<\/li>\n<li>The share of new immigrants in the labor force (working or looking for work) fell from 73 percent in 2007 to 67 percent 2017.<\/li>\n<li>2017 incomes are slightly lower and poverty rates are slightly higher than they were in 2007.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The data suggest that post-secondary diplomas don\u2019t ensure upward mobility, at least not right away. Lower incomes and heavier reliance on welfare indicate that it\u2019s taking more time for newly arrived immigrants to gain a firm foothold in the U.S. economy.<\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead, the Annie E. Casey Foundation reported that <a href=\"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/2017\/10\/26\/foreign-born-children-depress-educational-achievement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">children of immigrants are struggling, too<\/a>. Proficiency tests in reading and math show them lagging at the most basic skill levels.<\/p>\n<p>One of the prized immigrant cohorts \u2013 young recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) \u2013 shows a similarly downbeat profile. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/cis.org\/Testimony\/Oversight-Administrations-Decision-End-Deferred-Action-Childhood-Arrivals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">congressional testimony<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>71 percent live in government-subsidized housing.<\/li>\n<li>One in five are projected to end up on food stamps.<\/li>\n<li>One in seven will be on Medicaid.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As FAIR put it: \u201cExcessive immigration, which diminishes assimilation, adversely burdens schools, degrades learning opportunities for other students and is a financial burden on the communities in which they reside.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What is to be done? The Trump administration is pursuing one long-overdue reform.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Homeland Security wants to tighten rules governing immigrants as <a href=\"https:\/\/assets.documentcloud.org\/documents\/4413837\/Read-the-Trump-administration-s-draft-proposal.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cpublic charges\u201d<\/a> and ensure that \u201caliens are self-sufficient.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The proposal would restrict immigrants\u2019 access to noncash government benefits, as well as cash disbursements. Affected programs include Medicaid, Food Stamps, Child Health Insurance Program and the widely abused <a href=\"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/2017\/10\/10\/congress-can-save-billions-ending-tax-breaks-illegals-employers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Earned Income Tax Credit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>State Department refusals of immigrant visas on \u201cpublic charge\u201d grounds have fallen sharply since the 1990s. Given immigrants&#8217; increasing reliance on welfare programs, common sense dictates a return to stricter visa vetting.<\/p>\n<p>Milton Friedman, the Nobel Prize-winning economist, concluded that large-scale immigration and a welfare state are both incompatible and unsustainable. 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