I am going to throw at the gentleman a Heritage Foundation study that talks about a lot of the issues the gentleman raised. This is a survey done of 156.000 immigrant households. The gentleman mentioned the drain on the economy. on welfare and supplemental security. unemployment compensation. food stamps. Let me just say that for the average nativeborn U.S. family. it feceived $498 from these programs on a yearly basis. The average for immigrant families that arrived between 1950 and 1974 is $548. There is not that much difference. Let me talk about retirement programs. Native U.S. families receive on the average $735 for Social Security. $167 for Medicare. $20 for Medicaid. for a total of $922. Immigrant families receive a total of $92 during the first 5 years in the United States. $227 the second 5 years. $435 the third 5 years. the total is very similar. $859 if you add all of them. In addition to that. let me just cite some other figures that are used in the Heritage Foundation study. These are immigrants and the percentage they get in terms of some of the welfare programs that the gentleman mentioned. On the average. the immigrant family receives free medical care. only 5 percent. unemployment insurance. 4 percent. food stamps. 1 percent. welfare payments. 1 percent. child schooling. 4 percent. Hardly any illegals receive Social Security. but 77 percent of illegals paid Social Security and 73 percent had Federal income tax withheld. The gentleman alo mentioned some of the opposition from the veterans groups. and I agree there is fear. there is concern. Did the gentleman know that there are many immigrant sons and daughters that enter the U.S. forces?
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