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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)
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* Poor immigrants use public benefits at a lower rate than poor native-born citizens
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* MEDICARE/MEDICAID
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* More than **one quarter** of **native citizens** and naturalized citizens in poverty receive Medicaid, but only about **one in five non-citizens** do so.
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* Immigrants who receive Medicaid or CHIP tend to have **lower per beneficiary medical expenditures** than native-born people
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* SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION
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* **33%** of native citizens, **25 percent** of naturalized citizens, and **29 percent** of non-citizens received SNAP benefits in 2011
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* SSI / INCOME
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* SSI receipt was **higher for native** and naturalized citizens than non-citizen immigrants.
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