While nearly 4
million immigrant families in the United States are low
income, virtually all of them have working parents. Among
children with foreign-born parents, 97 percent have a parent
who works and 72 percent have a parent who works full-time,
year round.
However, according to two new reports issued by
the National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP), these
children have less access to government supports that can
help low-income families bridge the gap between earnings and
basic family needs.
This reality flies in the face of
arguments that immigrant families come to the United States
to receive generous social welfare benefits. Read more from this post.
