Josh Gay

He's cutting spending for childcare.

He's cutting spending across the board, especially in blue states, claiming it's because of immigration.

The fact is immigrants are subsidizing non-immigrants.

And again, I mentioned earlier that this white paper includes undocumented immigrants.

And here is a statistic that is going to surprise people.

Non-citizen immigrants, including the undocumented ones, accounted for approximately 44%.

44% of the total fiscal benefit in this study.

That works out to about $6.3 trillion in surplus.

So non-citizens and undocumented immigrants gave this country $6.3 trillion of surplus over the last 30 years.

That is directly contradicting what the Trump administration is out there saying and trying to sell us on why they're invading our cities and why they're snatching people off the streets and why they're tearing families apart.

They're saying it's because they are a drainer on our economy and on our government budgets.

They aren't.

They aren't.

You know, immigrants aren't using welfare more than anybody else.

According to Cato's analysis, non-citizen immigrants consume about 53% less in welfare benefits than U.S.-born residents.

53% less!

And that includes all the programs that the right wing are citing in their political arguments about public assistance.

And it's because the lower participation here is driven by eligibility restrictions.

They, you know, non-citizens, they don't have the same eligibility for benefits that citizens do.

We see the employment patterns, the demographic differences here.