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The pro-mass immigration Koch brothers say ending welfare-dependent immigration to the United States would do “serious harm” to the nation and be a “serious mistake.” 

President Donald Trump’s draft plan to exclude welfare-dependent migrants is justified by data showing that almost two-thirds of households headed by non-citizens use at least one welfare program, says the Center for Immigration Studies.

According to figures on non-EU citizens, around 60 percent of “retired” migrants living in Italy have never worked.

The number of low-income households in the Netherlands is rising as a result of an influx of migrants from the third world, the majority of whom end up on welfare, according to official Dutch figures.

Kansas Secretary of State and GOP nominee for governor Kris Kobach’s populist welfare reform initiative includes mandatory drug testing for food stamp recipients and a work requirement for Medicaid beneficiaries. 

Americans spent almost $100 billion to support 606,000 poor refugees in the 10 years up to 2014, according to a State Department report.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) threw some not-so-subtle shade at Amazon and its CEO Jeff Bezos on Wednesday when he introduced a bill that would allow the government to charge big corporations for the federal welfare programs its low-income workers use.

Florida’s welfare agency fired 31 of its employees accused of fraudulently obtaining food stamp benefits during Hurricane Irma in 2017.

Immigration officials are carefully developing a regulation to implement Congress’ long-standing law against the admission of unskilled migrants who cannot afford to live in the United States, a top administration official said August 15.

Trump is set to roll out a plan in the next month that bars foreign nationals who need government welfare to live from resettling in the U.S.

Illegal and legal immigrants are using nearly 60 percent more U.S. taxpayer-funded food stamps than native born Americans, data from the leading immigration research group reveals.

Food stamp participation dropped below 40 million for the first time in eight years, according to the latest numbers on food stamp enrollment from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Total participation in the Women, Infant, and Children (WIC) welfare program is at its lowest level in 24 years, according to the latest data provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

National Center for Public Policy Research Senior Fellow Horace Cooper joined SiriusXM host Amanda House on Breitbart News Sunday to talk about a new blueprint for improving black communities.

Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Dr. Ben Carson responded to critics of his agency’s new housing aid reform, calling out the left’s failure to recognize the “perverse incentives” of welfare policies that “keep [people] in a very dependent situation”, during an interview on Breitbart News Daily.

Wolverhampton council is set to give welfare handouts to migrants that are not eligible to claim benefits, including illegals and failed asylum seekers.

A report from the German Federal Employment Agency (BA) has shown that more than half of the recipients of the Hartz IV welfare income benefit come from migrant backgrounds, with Syrians the largest group in the country.

Nearly ten per cent of Swedish municipalities are giving failed asylum seekers and illegal immigrants welfare payments despite a court decision last year which ruled they were not entitled to them.

Rep. Buddy Carter argued in an interview with Breitbart News that his legislation would allow states to rein in waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicaid.

A March 19 federal court decision requiring taxpayers in Tennessee to fund the federal government’s refugee program ignores a 2012 Supreme Court decision, says Richard Thompson, president of the Thomas More Law Center.

President Trump’s proposed $18 billion wall along the U.S.-Mexico border could cover its own cost if the U.S. cuts off welfare to illegal aliens, a study revealed.

President Donald Trump’s administration is considering a new regulation that would discourage foreign nationals seeking to become permanent residents and United States citizens from using taxpayer-funded welfare.

As negotiations are underway between the White House and establishment Republicans to potentially give amnesty to illegal aliens, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) is warning the president against such any plan that includes amnesty.

Nearly 25 percent of illegal aliens eligible for former President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program are “functionally illiterate” in the English language, a researcher says.

Participation in the Women, Infant, and Children (WIC) welfare program hit a 17-year low in 2017, according to the latest data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Nearly one-in-five amnestied aliens could go on food stamps if Congress approves a DACA amnesty, according to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office.

The Trump administration and congressional Republicans are eager to use the reconciliation process in 2018 to enact sweeping welfare-to-work reforms, the Hill reports.

Austria’s conservative People’s Party (OVP) and the right wing populist Freedom Party (FPO) have agreed to slash benefits for migrants and introduce five-year residency rules to curb welfare for European Union (EU) nationals.

The city of Stockton, California, is planning to offer a basic income grant of $500 per month to poor residents, making it the first U.S. city to provide a guaranteed income.

President Donald Trump’s administration has decided to restore work requirements for welfare under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program.

Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin will ask the Trump White House to impose stricter work requirements on Medicaid recipients.

I recently saw a great bumper sticker that read: “Official US Government Philosophy: If It Ain’t Broke, Fix It Until It Is.”

Former Freedom Caucus Chair Jim Jordan called for welfare reform in the Republicans’ 2018 budget proposal.

A Muslim woman’s benefits were cut by 30 per cent in the Netherlands after she refused to remove her niqab to help her secure a job.

An office of the Israeli Defense Ministry decided to recognize six Israelis killed and wounded outside Israel as victims of terrorism, Israel’s Channel 10 reported on Wednesday.

Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) told SiriusXM host Alex Marlow of Breitbart News Daily on Friday morning that he expects a vote on the House Obamacare replacement bill, the American Health Care Act (AHCA), the same day. Brooks is opposed to the bill.