arrivals, and use welfare rates. average income is not higher. the share that has a job is quite a bit less in absolute terms and relative to native-born people. they are not doing as well even though they are a lot more educated. it s a very finding. laura: raul, i think americans are very generous in welcoming and compassionate. yet we do have an enormous problem in inner-city america still with homelessness among veterans and fatherlessness, broken homes, opioid crisis. there is a lot culturally, socially, economically we are dealing with. how do you refute what steve says about the trajectory of government dependence on the part of new immigrants? i would say i do not necessarily refute what steve assange. i look at his data points from a different perspective. we are talking about new immigrants.
welfare spending, also various economic studies as well. even if you don t compare it to just to, americans have the same income class or whatnot if this compares states to a lot of immigrants in the west. tucker: part of the reason this is a silly debate is because depends on all immigrants being the same. and some immigrants from certain countries have very low welfare rates and others have overwhelming, 75% welfare rates. so we re sort of printing that they re all the same but of course they re not. you re also saying immigrants political views make it right down to it are a lot closer to those of people born here and yet the statistics show there overwhelmingly not. 55% of hispanic immigrants vote democrat. that s not the same as people who live here. they change the political balance of the state. what i said is that when you look at immigrants views on particular issues, things like size of a government, social issues and the like, the gap is much smaller within the natives t
american citizens and states with massive numbers of immigrants have much higher welfare rates than others. california being the most obvious example. so it s not an informed statement. it is because when you look at studies by economists across the political spectrum, you find that states controlling for other variables have more immigrants, do not have larger welfare states. yes, california is a large welfare state. texas, has a large percentage of immigrants has smaller welfare state than most other states. tucker: widow studies are conducted which i think is dishy immigrant welfare recipients only to poor americans and say immigrants are less likely to receive welfare but overall, they re more likely. california has 12% of the nation s population but has 33% of federal welfare recipients. that s because it immigration. with the other because? even if you compare per capita welfare spending overall in states with more immigrants compared to the west, those who have more do not
even if you don t compare it to just two, americans have the same income class or whatnot ift this compares states to a lot of immigrants in the west.. tucker: part of the reason this is a silly debate is because it depends on all immigrants being the same. and some immigrants from certain countries have very low welfare rates and others have overwhelming, 75% welfare rates. so we re sort of pretending that they re all the same, but of course they re not. you re also saying immigrants political views when you get right down to it are a lot closer to those of people bornre here, and yet the statisticss show they re overwhelmingly not. 55% of hispanic immigrants vote democrat. that s not the same as people who live here. they change the political balance of the state. what i said is that when you look at immigrants views on particular issues, things like size of a government, social issues and the like, the gap is much smaller within the natives than many people assume. and it gets