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They were in full sunlight out in front of the United States Supreme Court and. in fact. blocking traffic there right in front of the Supreme Court building. Ultimately. the police just shut off the streets because so many people were in the streets. This story from yesterday in the Washington Examiner is entitled "Cashing in: Illegal Immigrants get $1.261 more welfare than American families." The story says: "Illegal immigrant households receive an average of $5.692 in Federal welfare benefits every year. far more than the average native American household. at $4.431. according to a new report on the cost of immigration released Monday. "The Center for Immigration Studies. in an analysis of federal cost figures. found that all immigrantheaded householdslegal and illegalreceive an average of $6.241 in welfare"I will point out parenthetically here that that is an average. Obviously. not everybody gets welfare that is here legally and illegally. Obviously. there are lots of households that dont get welfare. But this is an average. And the article says: -"41 percent more than native households. As with Americans receiving benefits such as food stamps and cash. much of the welfare to immigrants supplements their low wage jobs. "The total cost is over $103 billion in welfare benefits to households headed by immigrants. A majority. 51 percent. of immigrant households receive some type of welfare compared to 30 percent of native households. said the analysis of Census data." I would like to insert. Mr. Speaker. when STEVE KING and I visited in London. England. with the Social Security office equivalent there. they pointed out that. in order to receive Social Securitytype benefits in England. the law requires proof that you have been in the country for 5 years before you are eligible. We were toldI didnt see them. but we were told that. in applying to come to the country or being in the country. you had to agree not to apply for benefits for 5 years. the idea being. if they are just an immigrant magnet for people who want to come get welfare. they would go broke. That was their reasoning. And. actually. it is quite good reasoning.