It found that foreignborn individuals were 10 to 20 percent more likely than nativeborn Americans to need social services. That is an alarming statistic. if you just stop there. But if you go further. and if you exclude refugees from the total. the foreignborn individuals are considerably less likely to do so than nativeborn citizens. Again. the point I made a moment ago. Let us turn. Mr. President. to another dangerous stereotype frequently asserted. That is. that onehalf of our illegal immigration problem stems from people who first came here legally. Let me repeat it. Let me repeat this. The statement is made that onehalf of our illegal immigration problem stems from people who first came here legally. Well. that is true. That is a true statement.
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Foreign-born individuals are more likely than native-born Americans to need social services.