Back in the 80’s a student I was in classes with married an Indian man from England. He brought his entire family here - about 6 others - and had to sign something saying that he would sponsor them and they wouldn’t get welfare or something like that. She confided in me that the first thing they did was to sign up for welfare. His sisters all got braces that WE paid for and they DID get every single benefit they could. AND they had family money that they didn’t disclose - they were actually quite wealthy but STOLE from us.
*** He brought his entire family here - about 6 others - and had to sign something saying that he would sponsor them and they wouldn’t get welfare or something like that.***
Those are the same conditions that my grandparents and my husband’s grandfather had to sign when they were coming to the U.S.
None of them ever had welfare.
When I was growing up, “welfare” was like a dirty word. You worked multiple jobs to keep food on the table, if that’s what it took.