Immigrants & Public Benefits

For information on immigrants and public benefits, see the National Immigration Law Center's Immigration and Public Benefits, a Web page with links to information on specific subjects pertaining to immigrants and public benefits, including a review of immigrant eligibility for public benefits.

Following is a list of other resources about immigration and public benefits.

2009

2004

Noncitizen Eligibility for Major Federal Public Assistance Programs: Policies and Legislation

March 17, 2004 - Congressional Research Service

This report gives background on non-citizen eligibility for federal public benefits, and discusses issues and legislation regarding non-citizen benefits in the 107th Congress.

2003

A Profile of the Low-Wage Immigrant Workforce

November 30, 2003 - The Urban Institute

Provides a description of the low-wage immigrant working population and discusses measures that could benefit this target group.

Immigration and poverty: how are they linked?

April 30, 2003 - Monthly Labor Review, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Discusses how the growing immigrant share of the U.S. population was neither the sole, nor even the most important, factor in the relatively flat poverty rate from 1989 to 1999.

2002

Immigrants and Welfare Use

August 01, 2002 - Migration Policy Institute

Overview of immigrant participation and eligibility for public benefits, geographic distribution of benefits, impact of welfare reform on immigrant families, and characteristics of immigrant welfare recipients.