Trump Builds Immigration System That Doesn't Sap U.S. Wealth

President Trump just took another crucial step toward restoring sanity to our immigration system and making sure it works to America’s benefit rather than draining our country’s wealth. 

In a recent memorandum, the president ordered authorities to enforce a Clinton-era law that required sponsors of welfare-dependent legal immigrants to reimburse the government for the benefits they receive. That law also requires the government to consider the income of a sponsor when a legal immigrant applies for welfare. 

"To protect benefits for American citizens, immigrants must be financially self-sufficient," President Trump said in announcing the plan, making the common-sense point that even establishment politicians have acknowledged for decades. 

The president is right, and the numbers prove it. According to a 2018 report from the Center for Immigration Studies, some 63% of “non-citizen households” access welfare programs of some kind — compared to only 35% of “native-headed households.” 

Legal immigration is supposed to help, not burden, the U.S. economy — which is precisely why the Trump administration is fighting tooth and nail to reform our broken immigration system, which starts with enforcing our existing laws. 
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