Title: FACT CHECK: Do Illegal Refugees Get $3,874 a Month Through Federal Assistance?
Headings: FACT CHECK: Do Illegal Refugees Get $3,874 a Month Through Federal Assistance?
FACT CHECK: Do Illegal Refugees Get $3,874 a Month Through Federal Assistance?
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What Are Illegal Refugees?
A Case of Mistaken Country
Refugee and Immigrant Policy in the U.S.
Do Illegal Immigrants Get Welfare?
Illegal Immigrants and Statistics

Content: And they could be refugees or undocumented immigrants. There are still factions in the immigration debate that instigate public sentiment with falsehoods. But it has been proven time and again that even undocumented immigrants don’t exploit the public welfare system. Given that refugees require documented proof of their status, an undocumented refugee cannot take advantage of most federal provisions like Medicaid and food stamps. Bill Clinton signed the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996. It stipulated that even legal immigrants can’t take advantage of federal benefits unless they’ve lived in the U.S. for at least five years. They do have some benefits like access to public school education. But much of the burden to support migrants is disproportionately placed on state governments. Illegal Immigrants and Statistics
A political ad falsely claimed that immigrants receive social security. Statistics have shown that most undocumented immigrants and their employers contribute around $12.0 billion a year to the social security trust fund.