It was not our intention to make them welfare dependent. It was our intention to save money. What. in fact. we did was expose the refugees. almost as their first step into the United States. to the plentiful welfare system that exists across this country. And you can imagine. someone comes here from a very different culture. perhaps from a background which did not rely on a written word. in some cases may not have had a written word. from a culture which was not exposed to the great industrial giant that the United States has become. they very desperately want to become integrated. they want to become citizens ultimately of the United States. they want to fit in. and the first thing that is introduced to them is the welfare system. In a sense. there is an insidious. implicit suggestion made to them through this process that if they want to become full Americans. they ought to become full welfare recipients.
Identified stereotypes
Generalization that refugees come from very different cultures, may not be literate, and are easily influenced by the welfare system.