Roughdoberman's statistics are fine. I sourced someone I had read earlier today. You can dismiss her all you want, but do you have any source refuting her statistics? I thought not. I guess you are just going on your “gut feeling.” That’s real reliable.
Why don't you check out some of my past posts. I have cited CIS figures many times & have conducted much research on their website. Maybe you should also try looking there.
However, some FReepers have even disregard and dismiss CIS's well researched, documented & footnoted studies that I have referenced here, even when they themselves had zero statistics to refute CIS's numbers. It seems some people are oblivious to facts. As Larry Elder says "a fact to a Liberal is like Kryptnoite to Superman."
Actually I don't. I've just read the 35% statistics for immigrants on welfare in several places --- so I went with that but first hand experience would tell me that it is much likely higher --- I believe the 42% figures. I think it could be hard to measure because these benefits are often "shared". In this area of the country for example there is much "sharing" of Medicaid cards --- the cards are passed around and used between several different children. We've had doctors offices notice the same Medicaid number used on patients coming in at different time on the same day.