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From: Nate B <43703496+NB419@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 28 May 2020 01:10:34 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Create public_benefits.md

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+## Public Benefits
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+#### Immigrants use less public benefits than native citizens
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+*   [CATO: Ku and Bruen 13](https://www.cato.org/publications/economic-development-bulletin/poor-immigrants-use-public-benefits-lower-rate-poor) 
+    *   Poor immigrants use public benefits at a lower rate than poor native-born citizens
+    *   MEDICARE/MEDICAID
+        *   More than **one quarter** of **native citizens** and naturalized citizens in poverty receive Medicaid, but only about **one in five non-citizens** do so.
+        *   Immigrants who receive Medicaid or CHIP tend to have **lower per beneficiary medical expenditures** than native-born people
+    *   SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION
+        *   **33%** of native citizens, **25 percent** of naturalized citizens, and **29 percent** of non-citizens received SNAP benefits in 2011
+    *   SSI / INCOME
+        *   SSI receipt was **higher for native** and naturalized citizens than non-citizen immigrants.