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here's some data for you - do you know any of these folks?
Posted on: September 18, 2018 at 09:38:38 CT
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The United States currently spends about $1.8 billion annually — or $8.8 billion over five years — to resettle refugees and asylees inside the country, according to a new study by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR). That’s nearly $15,900 a year per refugee, or $80,000 over a five-year span.
The study examines initial resettlement costs, as well as fluctuations in welfare and government service usage during a refugee’s first five years in the country, based on data provided by the Office of Refugee Resettlement. Refugees are entitled to the whole host of social service programs upon arrival in the United States, and can remain on many of them for life.
The findings also reveal that 92.5 percent of refugees sign up for the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) soon after arriving, and 70 percent stay on that program after five years. This may be a result of the fact that refugees are slow to assimilate into the U.S. and that their wages remain nearly stagnant, with the average refugee earning approximately $10.00 an hour during their first year in the country.
The study examines initial resettlement costs, as well as fluctuations in welfare and government service usage during a refugee’s first five years in the country, based on data provided by the Office of Refugee Resettlement. Refugees are entitled to the whole host of social service programs upon arrival in the United States, and can remain on many of them for life.
The findings also reveal that 92.5 percent of refugees sign up for the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) soon after arriving, and 70 percent stay on that program after five years. This may be a result of the fact that refugees are slow to assimilate into the U.S. and that their wages remain nearly stagnant, with the average refugee earning approximately $10.00 an hour during their first year in the country.
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here's some data for you - do you know any of these folks? - 90Tiger MU - 9/18 09:38:38